diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1f43a05..766f65f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,7 +1 @@
-cobra~=0.26.2
-pandas~=1.5.3
-statsmodels~=0.13.5
-matplotlib>=3.7.1
-numpy>=1.22
-scipy>=1.10
-setuptools>=65.6.3
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+cobra
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diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index ccc9ccf..3c01cc0 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ zip_safe = False
 include_package_data = True
 install_requires =
     cobra
-    numpy
-    pandas
-    statsmodels
-    matplotlib
-    scipy
-    setuptools
 
 
 [options.packages.find]
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/test_dfa.py b/tests/integration_tests/test_dfa.py
index ee5efac..38291f9 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/test_dfa.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/test_dfa.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import unittest
 from unittest import TestCase
 
 import cobra.io
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ def setUp(self) -> None:
                                                                      'results_troppo', self.dataset_id,
                                                                      'reconstructed_models', 'Diel_Model.xml'))
 
+    @unittest.skip
     def test_sampling(self) -> None:
         day_sampling, night_sampling = self.dfa.sampling(thinning=100, n_samples=1000)
 
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ def test_sampling(self) -> None:
             expected_file = os.path.join(self.results_folder, '%s_sampling.csv' % modelname)
             self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(expected_file))
 
+    @unittest.skip
     def test_ktest(self) -> None:
 
         self.dfa.sampling()
@@ -78,6 +81,7 @@ def test_ktest(self) -> None:
         expected_columns = ['Reaction', 'Pvalue', 'Padj', 'Reject', 'FC']
         self.assertListEqual(list(result_df.columns), expected_columns)
 
+    @unittest.skip
     def test_pathways(self) -> None:
 
         self.dfa.sampling()
diff --git a/tests/integration_tests/test_dfa_tomato.py b/tests/integration_tests/test_dfa_tomato.py
index bf09a44..ac5da2d 100644
--- a/tests/integration_tests/test_dfa_tomato.py
+++ b/tests/integration_tests/test_dfa_tomato.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import os
+import unittest
 from unittest import TestCase
 
 import cobra.io
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ def setUp(self) -> None:
                                                                      self.dataset_id, 'reconstructed_models',
                                                                      'Tomato_Diel_Model.xml'))
 
+    @unittest.skip
     def test_sampling(self) -> None:
         day_sampling, night_sampling = self.dfa.sampling(thinning=100, n_samples=1000)
 
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ def test_sampling(self) -> None:
             expected_file = os.path.join(self.results_folder, '%s_sampling.csv' % modelname)
             self.assertTrue(os.path.exists(expected_file))
 
+    @unittest.skip
     def test_ktest(self) -> None:
 
         self.dfa.sampling()