diff --git a/ci/test_wheel.sh b/ci/test_wheel.sh
index 17fe660b..cab01055 100755
--- a/ci/test_wheel.sh
+++ b/ci/test_wheel.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@ set -eou pipefail
 RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_NAME="dask-cuda" RAPIDS_PY_WHEEL_PURE="1" rapids-download-wheels-from-s3 python ./dist
 
 # echo to expand wildcard before adding `[extra]` requires for pip
-python -m pip install $(echo ./dist/dask_cuda*.whl)[test]
+python -m pip install $(echo ./dist/dask_cuda*.whl)
 
 python -m pytest -n 8 ./python/dask_cuda/tests
diff --git a/dependencies.yaml b/dependencies.yaml
index 3c397986..5f82af49 100644
--- a/dependencies.yaml
+++ b/dependencies.yaml
@@ -47,14 +47,6 @@ files:
       table: project
     includes:
       - run_python
-  py_test:
-    output: pyproject
-    pyproject_dir: .
-    extras:
-      table: project.optional-dependencies
-      key: test
-    includes:
-      - test_python
   py_docs:
     output: pyproject
     pyproject_dir: .
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 01c8d956..84c0901d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -49,14 +49,6 @@ docs = [
     "sphinx-click>=2.7.1",
     "sphinx-rtd-theme>=0.5.1",
 ] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
-test = [
-    "cudf==25.2.*,>=0.0.0a0",
-    "dask-cudf==25.2.*,>=0.0.0a0",
-    "kvikio==25.2.*,>=0.0.0a0",
-    "pytest",
-    "pytest-cov",
-    "ucx-py==0.42.*,>=0.0.0a0",
-] # This list was generated by `rapids-dependency-file-generator`. To make changes, edit dependencies.yaml and run `rapids-dependency-file-generator`.
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/rapidsai/dask-cuda"