diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-merge.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-merge.yml
index 2e9f3fa1..c5c73679 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-merge.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-merge.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 ---
 # SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2025 Intel Corporation
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# temporary comment to trigger CI test
 
 name: Pre-Merge CI Pipeline
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 4efabcca..00000000
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: (C) 2026 Intel Corporation
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-# lint yaml
-yamllint~=1.35.1
-
-# license check
-reuse~=6.0.0