diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index 548c02a0c55b..29b7d83c7cb3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -59,10 +59,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: install system requirements
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update && \
-          sudo apt remove 'python-*' -y && \
           sudo apt-get install --yes \
           build-essential git language-pack-en libmysqlclient-dev libssl-dev libxml2-dev \
-          libxmlsec1-dev libxslt1-dev lynx xvfb pkg-config python3-pip python3-dev python3-venv && \
+          libxmlsec1-dev libxslt1-dev lynx xvfb pkg-config python3-dev python3-venv && \
           sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
       - name: install mongo version
@@ -89,6 +88,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: install requirements
         run: |
+          sudo apt-get remove python3-blinker python3-commandnotfound python3-entrypoints \
+          python3-parted python3-pexpect python3-pyasn1-modules python3-simplejson \
+          python3-systemd ufw -y
           sudo make test-requirements
           if [[ "${{ matrix.django-version }}" != "pinned" ]]; then
             sudo pip install "django~=${{ matrix.django-version }}.0"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify-gha-unit-tests-count.yml b/.github/workflows/verify-gha-unit-tests-count.yml
index 8145d0b509e2..fd5c93d611b7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify-gha-unit-tests-count.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify-gha-unit-tests-count.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: install system requirements
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update && \
-          sudo apt remove 'python-*' -y && \
           sudo apt-get install --yes \
           build-essential git language-pack-en libmysqlclient-dev libssl-dev libxml2-dev \
-          libxmlsec1-dev libxslt1-dev lynx xvfb pkg-config python3-pip python3-dev python3-venv && \
+          libxmlsec1-dev libxslt1-dev lynx xvfb pkg-config python3-dev python3-venv && \
           sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
       - name: Setup Python
@@ -28,6 +27,9 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: install requirements
         run: |
+          sudo apt-get remove python3-blinker python3-commandnotfound python3-entrypoints \
+          python3-parted python3-pexpect python3-pyasn1-modules python3-simplejson \
+          python3-systemd ufw -y
           sudo make test-requirements
 
       - name: verify unit tests count