diff --git a/.github/workflows/tarball-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tarball-tests.yml
index cd2f3e8..72bd47f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tarball-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tarball-tests.yml
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ jobs:
       run: >
         python -m build --skip-dependency-check --sdist --wheel .
         && check-manifest --verbose
-        && twine check dist/*
+
diff --git a/requirements-dev.txt b/requirements-dev.txt
index dbeb3a3..ec22fb6 100644
--- a/requirements-dev.txt
+++ b/requirements-dev.txt
@@ -7,5 +7,4 @@ scipy
 setuptools_scm
 sphinx
 sphinx_rtd_theme
-twine
 xarray
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