diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index f4e47991..ca153d83 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1,23 +1,5 @@
 version: 2
 
-references:
-  # Install the dependencies required for tests.
-  # Add the step "- *install-dependencies" to the beginning of your job to run
-  # this command.
-  install-dependencies: &install-dependencies
-    run:
-      name: Install dependencies
-      # TODO: We can split these dependencies up by job to reduce installation
-      # time.
-      command: |
-        sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
-        sudo apt-get -y -qq update
-        sudo apt-get -y install \
-            gcc-multilib-powerpc-linux-gnu gcc-arm-linux-gnueabi \
-            libc6-dev-armel-cross gcc-aarch64-linux-gnu libc6-dev-arm64-cross \
-            libc6-dev-ppc64-powerpc-cross zstd gzip coreutils \
-            libcurl4-openssl-dev
-
 jobs:
   # the first half of the jobs are in this test
   short-tests-0: