diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 0fea8804c..a80444ba1 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ jobs:
             export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
             export NEEDRESTART_MODE=a
             sudo apt-get update
-            sudo apt-get upgrade -y
             pip install --upgrade cmake
             sudo apt-get install -y libblas-dev liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev
             sudo apt-get install openmpi-bin openmpi-common libopenmpi-dev
@@ -343,14 +342,10 @@ jobs:
             export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
             export NEEDRESTART_MODE=a
             sudo apt-get update
-            sudo apt-get upgrade -y
             TZ=Etc/UTC sudo apt-get -y install tzdata
-            sudo apt-get install -y apt-utils
-            sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common
             sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:deadsnakes/ppa
             sudo apt-get install -y $PYTHON $PYTHON-dev $PYTHON-full
             sudo apt-get install -y libblas-dev liblapack-dev liblapacke-dev
-            sudo apt-get install -y build-essential git
             $PYTHON -m venv env
             source env/bin/activate
             pip install --upgrade pip