diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/setup_tools.py b/pytorch_lightning/setup_tools.py
index 3362ccb479895..67e890de5b4e9 100644
--- a/pytorch_lightning/setup_tools.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/setup_tools.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ def _load_requirements(path_dir: str, file_name: str = 'requirements.txt', comme
         if comment_char in ln:
             ln = ln[:ln.index(comment_char)].strip()
         # skip directly installed dependencies
-        if ln.startswith('http'):
+        if ln.startswith('http') or '@http' in ln:
             continue
         if ln:  # if requirement is not empty
             reqs.append(ln)
diff --git a/requirements/extra.txt b/requirements/extra.txt
index 424c0464f9478..a20db98319594 100644
--- a/requirements/extra.txt
+++ b/requirements/extra.txt
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@ torchtext>=0.5
 onnxruntime>=1.3.0
 hydra-core>=1.0
 # todo: when switch to standard package stream, drop `fairscale` from hard mocked docs libs
-fairscale @ https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/fairscale/archive/pl_1.2.0.zip
+fairscale @https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/fairscale/archive/pl_1.2.0.zip
 jsonargparse[signatures]>=3.9.0