diff --git a/install-m269.sh b/install-m269.sh
index fc5d979..e87c8c1 100755
--- a/install-m269.sh
+++ b/install-m269.sh
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ echo "Downloading and installing Python packages... (this will take long)"
 source $VENV/bin/activate                   # this script runs under bash
 pip install --upgrade pip
 pip install -r $REQS
+pip install pytype==2023.4.27
 deactivate
 # if we're in the M269 folder, remove the no longer needed file
 if [ $# -eq 0 ]
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 952caff..acaccbe 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ pyparsing==3.0.9
 pyrsistent==0.19.3
 python-dateutil==2.8.2
 python-json-logger==2.0.7
-pytype==2023.4.27
 PyYAML==6.0
 pyzmq==25.0.2
 rfc3339-validator==0.1.4