diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yaml b/.github/workflows/check.yaml
index 3a0c350517..03297d30fc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yaml
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ jobs:
         insightsengineering/teal.logger
         insightsengineering/teal.reporter
         insightsengineering/teal.widgets
-        rstudio/renv
   r-cmd-non-cran:
     name: R CMD Check (non-CRAN) 🧬
     uses: insightsengineering/r.pkg.template/.github/workflows/build-check-install.yaml@main
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ jobs:
         insightsengineering/teal.logger
         insightsengineering/teal.reporter
         insightsengineering/teal.widgets
-        rstudio/renv
   coverage:
     name: Coverage 📔
     uses: insightsengineering/r.pkg.template/.github/workflows/test-coverage.yaml@main
@@ -97,7 +95,6 @@ jobs:
         insightsengineering/teal.logger
         insightsengineering/teal.reporter
         insightsengineering/teal.widgets
-        rstudio/renv
   linter:
     if: github.event_name != 'push'
     name: SuperLinter 🦸‍♀️
@@ -117,7 +114,6 @@ jobs:
         insightsengineering/teal.logger
         insightsengineering/teal.reporter
         insightsengineering/teal.widgets
-        rstudio/renv
   gitleaks:
     name: gitleaks 💧
     uses: insightsengineering/r.pkg.template/.github/workflows/gitleaks.yaml@main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
index 845d1ca1de..7c3e2f9617 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yaml
@@ -50,4 +50,3 @@ jobs:
         insightsengineering/teal.logger
         insightsengineering/teal.reporter
         insightsengineering/teal.widgets
-        rstudio/renv
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 0bafc40357..1f5cb83933 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ jobs:
         insightsengineering/teal.logger
         insightsengineering/teal.reporter
         insightsengineering/teal.widgets
-        rstudio/renv
   validation:
     name: R Package Validation report 📃
     needs: release
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ jobs:
         insightsengineering/teal.logger
         insightsengineering/teal.reporter
         insightsengineering/teal.widgets
-        rstudio/renv
   release:
     name: Create release 🎉
     uses: insightsengineering/r.pkg.template/.github/workflows/release.yaml@main
@@ -73,7 +71,6 @@ jobs:
         insightsengineering/teal.logger
         insightsengineering/teal.reporter
         insightsengineering/teal.widgets
-        rstudio/renv
   coverage:
     name: Coverage 📔
     needs: [release, docs]
@@ -91,7 +88,6 @@ jobs:
         insightsengineering/teal.logger
         insightsengineering/teal.reporter
         insightsengineering/teal.widgets
-        rstudio/renv
   wasm:
     name: Build WASM packages 🧑‍🏭
     needs: release
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scheduled.yaml b/.github/workflows/scheduled.yaml
index 5988285e7c..104b05f4b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scheduled.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scheduled.yaml
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ jobs:
         insightsengineering/teal.logger
         insightsengineering/teal.reporter
         insightsengineering/teal.widgets
-        rstudio/renv
   rhub:
     if: >
       github.event_name == 'schedule' || (
@@ -81,4 +80,3 @@ jobs:
         insightsengineering/teal.logger
         insightsengineering/teal.reporter
         insightsengineering/teal.widgets
-        rstudio/renv
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 511df6f890..43bc5c007f 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ Config/Needs/verdepcheck: rstudio/shiny, insightsengineering/teal.data,
     rstudio/rmarkdown, tidyverse/rvest, rstudio/shinytest2,
     rstudio/shinyvalidate, r-lib/testthat, r-lib/withr,
     yaml=vubiostat/r-yaml
+Remotes: rstudio/renv
 Config/Needs/website: insightsengineering/nesttemplate
 Encoding: UTF-8
 Language: en-US