diff --git a/contrib/debian/control.in b/contrib/debian/control.in
index 37e115555..88351a1b1 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/control.in
+++ b/contrib/debian/control.in
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ Depends: ${misc:Depends},
          ca-certificates,
          dbus-x11,
          fwupd,
-         git,
          gnome-desktop-testing,
          policykit-1,
          python3,
diff --git a/contrib/debian/tests/ci b/contrib/debian/tests/ci
index ac847e768..7f48ab58f 100644
--- a/contrib/debian/tests/ci
+++ b/contrib/debian/tests/ci
@@ -2,6 +2,4 @@
 set -e
 sed "s,^DisabledPlugins=.*,DisabledPlugins=," -i /etc/fwupd/daemon.conf
 sed "s,^VerboseDomains=.*,VerboseDomains=*,"  -i /etc/fwupd/daemon.conf
-git clone https://github.com/fwupd/fwupd-test-firmware
-export G_TEST_SRCDIR=`pwd`/fwupd-test-firmware/installed-tests
-CI_NETWORK=true gnome-desktop-testing-runner fwupd
+gnome-desktop-testing-runner fwupd