diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index aef5cd45..4cc50684 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@v4
       with:
         python-version: '3.9'
+    - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.0
+      with:
+        extra_args: black --exclude version.py
     - name: Ensure latest pip
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
     - name: Install from repo in the test mode
       run: "pip install -e '.[dev]'"
-    - uses: pre-commit/action@v3.0.0
-      with:
-        extra_args: black --exclude=version.py
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
         pip install pytest
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index bc1c971a..704ab3c1 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ repos:
     hooks:
     - id: black
       language_version: python3.9
-      args: [ '--exclude=version.py' ]
 -   repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
     rev: '3.9.2'
     hooks:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1db6ea86..0d42fe91 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,5 @@ optax
 pytest
 wandb
 pytest-cov
-pytest-regressions
 bsuite
 tqdm