diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7d0c86abf..af3059f34 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ test:
 
 .PHONY: valgrind
 valgrind:
+	python3 -c "import pytest_valgrind" || pip3 install pytest-valgrind
 	PYTHONMALLOC=malloc valgrind --suppressions=Tests/oss-fuzz/python.supp --leak-check=no \
             --log-file=/tmp/valgrind-output \
             python3 -m pytest --no-memcheck -vv --valgrind --valgrind-log=/tmp/valgrind-output
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 1b4a04a75..4b534ae53 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ pyroma
 pytest
 pytest-cov
 pytest-timeout
-pytest-valgrind
 sphinx>=2.4
 sphinx-issues
 sphinx-removed-in