diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 57fdca816..2b39d44b5 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ repos:
     rev: v1.17.0
     hooks:
       - id: mypy
-        additional_dependencies: [types-pyOpenSSL==24.1.0.20240722, types-requests==2.32.4.20250611]
+        additional_dependencies: [types-pyOpenSSL==24.1.0.20240722]
   - repo: https://github.com/pycqa/flake8
     rev: 7.3.0
     hooks:
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index c124806a9..93baff37a 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -52,13 +52,6 @@ pre-commit run --all-files
 
 For more details look at the [CI configuration](./.github/workflows/ci.yml).
 
-Collect coverage
-
-```sh
-pytest --browser chromium --cov-report html --cov=playwright
-open htmlcov/index.html
-```
-
 ### Regenerating APIs
 
 `update_api.sh` generates `api.json` from a nearby `microsoft/playwright`
diff --git a/local-requirements.txt b/local-requirements.txt
index 72233857c..077ff9a77 100644
--- a/local-requirements.txt
+++ b/local-requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 asyncio-atexit==1.0.1
 autobahn==23.1.2
-black==26.5.1
 build==1.5.0
-flake8==7.3.0
 mypy==2.3.0
 objgraph==3.6.2
 Pillow==12.3.0
@@ -11,13 +9,8 @@ pre-commit==3.5.0
 pyOpenSSL==26.0.0
 pytest==9.0.3
 pytest-asyncio==1.4.0
-pytest-cov==7.1.0
-pytest-repeat==0.9.4
 pytest-rerunfailures==16.4
 pytest-timeout==2.4.0
-pytest-xdist==3.8.0
-requests==2.34.2
 service_identity==24.2.0
 twisted==25.5.0
 types-pyOpenSSL==24.1.0.20240722
-types-requests==2.33.0.20260712
diff --git a/tests/async/test_browsertype_connect_cdp.py b/tests/async/test_browsertype_connect_cdp.py
index dc66d3a07..71dcbbee3 100644
--- a/tests/async/test_browsertype_connect_cdp.py
+++ b/tests/async/test_browsertype_connect_cdp.py
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import asyncio
+import json
+import urllib.request
 from typing import Dict
 
 import pytest
-import requests
 
 from playwright.async_api import BrowserType, Error
 from tests.server import Server, WebSocketProtocol, find_free_port
@@ -64,9 +65,9 @@ async def test_connect_to_an_existing_cdp_session_twice(
 
 
 def _ws_endpoint_from_url(url: str) -> str:
-    response = requests.get(url)
-    assert response.ok
-    response_body = response.json()
+    with urllib.request.urlopen(url) as response:
+        assert response.status == 200
+        response_body: Dict[str, str] = json.load(response)
     return response_body["webSocketDebuggerUrl"]