diff --git a/synapse/python_dependencies.py b/synapse/python_dependencies.py
index 8ec272fd5f21d44fa5e47d7686e8a55a90f7a2bd..795ef2718220788ce2d37e6d88376167916fd9f0 100644
--- a/synapse/python_dependencies.py
+++ b/synapse/python_dependencies.py
@@ -56,11 +56,6 @@ def github_link(project, version, egg):
     return "https://github.com/%s/tarball/%s/#egg=%s" % (project, version, egg)
 
 DEPENDENCY_LINKS = {
-    "matrix-angular-sdk": github_link(
-        project="matrix-org/matrix-angular-sdk",
-        version="v0.6.6",
-        egg="matrix_angular_sdk-0.6.6",
-    ),
 }
 
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 3f0649b6285d7619bf040b112d5948caac03f11a..a69948484f63fbcb465573c30d12cbc1c830f911 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ setenv =
 commands =
     coverage run --source=synapse {envbindir}/trial {posargs:tests}
     coverage report -m
-install_command =
-    pip install --process-dependency-links --pre {opts} {packages}
 
 [testenv:packaging]
 deps =