diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/test.yml b/.gitea/workflows/test.yml
index c02cea383..f9790b9e3 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/test.yml
@@ -25,10 +25,8 @@ jobs:
           repo-path: tligui_y/slic
           ci-token: ${{ secrets.CI_TOKEN }}
           use_tmux_test: "true" 
-          apt_packages: "postfix meson ninja-build libdbus-1-dev build-essential gcc"
+          apt_packages: "postfix meson ninja-build libdbus-1-dev build-essential gcc dbus"
           custom_shell_commands : |
-            pip install dbus-python
-
             # for elog 
 
             #git clone https://github.com/paulscherrerinstitute/py_elog.git .