diff --git a/ci/requirements/environment.yml b/ci/requirements/environment.yml
index 767aee8..9364127 100644
--- a/ci/requirements/environment.yml
+++ b/ci/requirements/environment.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ dependencies:
   - cf_xarray>=0.8.0
   - cftime
   - netCDF4
-  - xesmf
   - dask
   - cdo # python-cdo fails with cdo2
   - python-cdo