diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-ci.yml
index 588607aef..80572f818 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-ci.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: install dependencies
-      run: sudo apt-get install pkg-config gcc ragel gcovr gtk-doc-tools libfreetype6-dev libglib2.0-dev libcairo2-dev libicu-dev libgraphite2-dev python3 python3-setuptools ninja-build gobject-introspection libgirepository1.0-dev rustc
+      run: sudo apt-get install pkg-config gcc ragel gcovr gtk-doc-tools libfreetype6-dev libglib2.0-dev libcairo2-dev libicu-dev libgraphite2-dev python3 python3-setuptools ninja-build gobject-introspection libgirepository1.0-dev
     - run: sudo pip3 install fonttools
     - run: sudo pip3 install git+https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson
     - name: run