diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2c145b1c9..4776065ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
           pip install pipenv
           pipenv install --dev --system
           yarn --frozen-lockfile
+          pip install -U "git+https://github.com/ocadotechnology/rapid-router@remove_kurono#egg=rapid-router"
       - name: Collect static
         run: python example_project/manage.py collectstatic --noinput --settings portal_test_settings
       - name: Run Python tests
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index 8cd0b849f..0e4ff1ab2 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -188,13 +188,6 @@
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.8'",
             "version": "==4.1.1"
         },
-        "django-js-reverse": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:2a392d169f44e30b883c30dfcfd917a14167ce8fe196c99d2385b31c90d77aa0",
-                "sha256:8134c2ab6307c945edfa90671ca65e85d6c1754d48566bdd6464be259cc80c30"
-            ],
-            "version": "==0.9.1"
-        },
         "django-otp": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:8ba5ab9bd2738c7321376c349d7cce49cf4404e79f6804e0a3cc462a91728e18",
@@ -467,14 +460,6 @@
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.8'",
             "version": "==10.4.0"
         },
-        "pyhamcrest": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:412e00137858f04bde0729913874a48485665f2d36fe9ee449f26be864af9316",
-                "sha256:7ead136e03655af85069b6f47b23eb7c3e5c221aa9f022a4fbb499f5b7308f29"
-            ],
-            "markers": "python_version >= '3.5'",
-            "version": "==2.0.2"
-        },
         "pyjwt": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:69285c7e31fc44f68a1feb309e948e0df53259d579295e6cfe2b1792329f05fd",
@@ -548,13 +533,6 @@
             "markers": "python_version >= '3.7'",
             "version": "==7.4.2"
         },
-        "rapid-router": {
-            "hashes": [
-                "sha256:1a17b004cfe9601544d1c42c28242bb8cde5e291345ac6e87439152a6bc83218",
-                "sha256:a02b1cb39188ef917a5f534c0c39b70708b49022acdd6aa685f64b15150735b0"
-            ],
-            "version": "==5.27.0"
-        },
         "reportlab": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:0b94e4f65a5f77a631cc010c9a7892d69e33f3251b760639dcc76420e138ce95",
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 6bfbc1f81..cd4856331 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
         "django-recaptcha==2.0.6",
         "pyyaml==5.4.1",
         "importlib-metadata==4.13.0",
-        "rapid-router>=4",
+        # "rapid-router>=4",
         "reportlab==3.6.13",
         "django-formtools==2.2",
         "django-otp==1.0.2",  # we needed to fix this due to a wide ranged dependency in django-two-factor-auth