diff --git a/.github/packaging/validate_build_output.sh b/.github/packaging/validate_build_output.sh
index 64098811e..e87fcf5fd 100755
--- a/.github/packaging/validate_build_output.sh
+++ b/.github/packaging/validate_build_output.sh
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ python3 -m pip install -r tools/packaging_automation/requirements.txt
 echo "Package type: ${package_type}"
 echo "OS version: $(get_rpm_os_version)"
 
- # if os version is centos 7 or oracle linux 7, then remove urllib3 with pip uninstall and install urllib3<2.0.0 with pip install
-if [[ ${package_type} == "rpm" && $(get_rpm_os_version) == 7* ]]; then
-    python3 -m pip uninstall -y urllib3
-    python3 -m pip install 'urllib3<2'
-fi
 
 python3 -m tools.packaging_automation.validate_build_output --output_file output.log \
                                                             --ignore_file .github/packaging/packaging_ignore.yml \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/packaging-test-pipelines.yml b/.github/workflows/packaging-test-pipelines.yml
index 00456d3bd..4ae741a91 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/packaging-test-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/packaging-test-pipelines.yml
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ jobs:
           PACKAGING_DOCKER_IMAGE: ${{ matrix.packaging_docker_image }}
         run: |
           echo "Postgres version: ${POSTGRES_VERSION}"
-
           ./.github/packaging/validate_build_output.sh "rpm"
 
   deb_build_tests:
@@ -188,6 +187,4 @@ jobs:
           PACKAGING_DOCKER_IMAGE: ${{ matrix.packaging_docker_image }}
         run: |
           echo "Postgres version: ${POSTGRES_VERSION}"
-
-          apt-get update -y
           ./.github/packaging/validate_build_output.sh "deb"