diff --git a/plugins/flytekit-dbt/requirements.in b/plugins/flytekit-dbt/requirements.in
index 62d21d138d..c2e6bc1eee 100644
--- a/plugins/flytekit-dbt/requirements.in
+++ b/plugins/flytekit-dbt/requirements.in
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 .
 -e file:.#egg=flytekitplugins-dbt
-touch
 dbt-core==1.2.1
 dbt-sqlite==1.2.0a2
diff --git a/plugins/flytekit-dbt/requirements.txt b/plugins/flytekit-dbt/requirements.txt
index f345ccc381..9720798d7b 100644
--- a/plugins/flytekit-dbt/requirements.txt
+++ b/plugins/flytekit-dbt/requirements.txt
@@ -235,8 +235,6 @@ statsd==3.3.0
     # via flytekit
 text-unidecode==1.3
     # via python-slugify
-touch==2020.12.3
-    # via -r requirements.in
 typing-extensions==3.10.0.2
     # via
     #   dbt-core
@@ -250,8 +248,6 @@ urllib3==1.26.8
     #   flytekit
     #   requests
     #   responses
-values==2020.12.3
-    # via touch
 websocket-client==1.3.3
     # via docker
 werkzeug==2.0.3