diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 59cac2d30c73..8d2d8ea5929a 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ with:
    pip install pip -U
    pip install install_data/ansys_api_fluent-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl
    pip install -e .
-   pip install -r requirements/requirements_codegen.txt
    python codegen/allapigen.py  # Generates the API files, requires Fluent
 
 Dependencies
diff --git a/requirements/requirements_codegen.txt b/requirements/requirements_codegen.txt
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index 3b4a6cca2021..000000000000
--- a/requirements/requirements_codegen.txt
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@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-docker>=5.0.3
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