diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 1723ac0e8..4a1c773ef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ jobs:
         mkdir -p scripts/ci
         echo "$GS_CREDS_JSON" > scripts/ci/gcp-creds.json
     - name: run tests
-      run: python -m tests --all --cov-report=xml --cov-report=term --tap-combined -n=4
+      run: python -m tests --all --cov-report=xml --cov-report=term -n=4
     - name: upload coverage report
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1.3.1
       with:
diff --git a/test_requirements.txt b/test_requirements.txt
index 5736f2b61..be7bddbbc 100644
--- a/test_requirements.txt
+++ b/test_requirements.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ pytest-mock==1.11.2
 pytest-lazy-fixture==0.6.3
 pytest-timeout==1.4.2
 pytest-docker==0.10.1
-pytest-tap==3.2
 
 flaky==3.7.0
 mock==4.0.3