diff --git a/ci/requirements-py36.yml b/ci/requirements-py36.yml
index 03242426a36..d6dafd8d540 100644
--- a/ci/requirements-py36.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements-py36.yml
@@ -24,12 +24,11 @@ dependencies:
   - bottleneck
   - zarr
   - pseudonetcdf>=3.0.1
-  - eccodes
+  - cfgrib>=0.9.2
   - cdms2
   - pynio
   - iris>=1.10
   - pydap
   - lxml
   - pip:
-    - cfgrib>=0.9.2
     - mypy==0.660
diff --git a/ci/requirements-py37.yml b/ci/requirements-py37.yml
index 0cece4ed6dd..c5f5d71b8e5 100644
--- a/ci/requirements-py37.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements-py37.yml
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@ dependencies:
   - bottleneck
   - zarr
   - pseudonetcdf>=3.0.1
+  - cfgrib>=0.9.2
   - lxml
-  - eccodes
   - pydap
   - pip:
-    - cfgrib>=0.9.2
     - mypy==0.650