diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
index 9189dab2..ac41b4d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmark.yml
@@ -51,18 +51,9 @@ jobs:
           python-version: "3.x"
           architecture: "x64"
 
-      - name: Install requests
-        run: python -m pip install requests
-
       - name: Run benchmark
         run: python bench/bench.py | tee ${{ matrix.bench.script }}-output.txt
 
-      - name: Download previous benchmark data
-        uses: actions/cache@v1
-        with:
-          path: ./cache
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-benchmark
-
       - name: Checkout gh-pages
         run: |
           git config user.name github-actions