diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index bffc0061..aa2a4cb2 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@ repos:
     hooks:
       - id: check-added-large-files
       - id: check-yaml
-        # Helm templates aren't true YAML and so fail this checker
-        exclude: benchmark/kubernetes/perf_test/templates
-        
       - id: check-merge-conflict
 
   - repo: local
diff --git a/benchmark/Dockerfile b/benchmark/Dockerfile
index 04829df9..4f8fa29b 100644
--- a/benchmark/Dockerfile
+++ b/benchmark/Dockerfile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # This file contains the images for the performance test
 
 
-# perf_client contains the Python client code that connects to the Coniql 
+# perf_client contains the Python client code that connects to the Coniql
 # server via websockets
 FROM python:3.10 as perf_client
 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ COPY ./coniql_performance_test.py .
 # to be flushed to stdout as they occur, rather than being buffered
 ENTRYPOINT [ "python", "-u", "./coniql_performance_test.py" ]
 
-# ioc generates a configurable sized DB, then runs an IOC 
+# ioc generates a configurable sized DB, then runs an IOC
 FROM ghcr.io/epics-containers/epics-base-linux-runtime:23.6.1 as ioc
 
 COPY ./generate_db.sh .
diff --git a/benchmark/build_and_run_ioc.sh b/benchmark/build_and_run_ioc.sh
index d8542fb5..6fb47da8 100755
--- a/benchmark/build_and_run_ioc.sh
+++ b/benchmark/build_and_run_ioc.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Generate an EPICS database and then run a softIOC using it
-# Requires: 
+# Requires:
 #    EPICS installed and available
-# Usage: 
-#    ./build_and_run_ioc.sh <num_pvs> 
+# Usage:
+#    ./build_and_run_ioc.sh <num_pvs>
 # where:
 #    <num_pvs> = the number of records the database will contain
 
diff --git a/benchmark/generate_db.sh b/benchmark/generate_db.sh
index c2f6fe0c..41dae955 100755
--- a/benchmark/generate_db.sh
+++ b/benchmark/generate_db.sh
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Generate an EPICS record database of a specified size in a 
+# Generate an EPICS record database of a specified size in a
 # specified location
 
 # Usage:
 #    ./generate_db.sh <directory> <num_pvs>
 # where:
 #    <directory> = directory in which the database file will be created
-#    <num_pvs> = the number of records the database will contain. 
-      
+#    <num_pvs> = the number of records the database will contain.
+
 
 SUB_DIR=$1
 N_PVS=$2
 
 DATABASE_FILE=$SUB_DIR/coniqlPerformanceTestDb.db
 
-# Setup: create db file for EPICS 
+# Setup: create db file for EPICS
 echo "-> Creating EPICS db with $N_PVS PVs at $DATABASE_FILE"
 for ((i=0;i<$N_PVS;i++))
 do
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a837f012..10110b84 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -51,11 +51,9 @@ dev = [
     "sphinx-rtd-theme-github-versions",
     "tox-direct",
     "types-mock",
-    "types-requests",                   # Required for benchmarking tests
     "psutil",                           # Required for benchmarking tests
     "pytest-asyncio>0.17",
     "pytest-aiohttp",
-    "requests",                         # Required for benchmarking tests
     "websockets",                       # Required for benchmarking tests
 ]