diff --git a/.github/workflows/modified_scripts_build.yml b/.github/workflows/modified_scripts_build.yml
index 37cff845..aec5deda 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/modified_scripts_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/modified_scripts_build.yml
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ jobs:
           brew install openssl openssl@1.1 readline sqlite3 xz zlib
           if [[ "${{ matrix.python-version }}" =~ pypy.*-(src|dev) ]]; then
             pyenv install 2.7.18
-            PYENV_VERSION=2.7.18 pip install curses genc pycparser
+            PYENV_VERSION=2.7.18 pip install pycparser
+            # brew install expat
           fi
       - run: |
           #build
@@ -103,7 +104,8 @@ jobs:
             xz-utils tk-dev libffi-dev liblzma-dev
           if [[ "${{ matrix.python-version }}" =~ pypy.*-(src|dev) ]]; then
             pyenv install 2.7.18
-            PYENV_VERSION=2.7.18 pip install curses genc pycparser
+            PYENV_VERSION=2.7.18 pip install pycparser
+            # sudo apt install -yq libexpat1-dev
           fi
       - run: |
           #build
diff --git a/plugins/python-build/bin/pyenv-install b/plugins/python-build/bin/pyenv-install
index e7877b2d..553ecc42 100755
--- a/plugins/python-build/bin/pyenv-install
+++ b/plugins/python-build/bin/pyenv-install
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ if [ -z "${PYENV_BOOTSTRAP_VERSION}" ]; then
       done
     fi
     if [ -n "$PYENV_BOOTSTRAP_VERSION" ]; then
-      for dep in curses genc pycparser; do
+      for dep in pycparser; do
         if ! PYENV_VERSION="$PYENV_BOOTSTRAP_VERSION" pyenv-exec python -c "import ${dep}" 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then
           echo "pyenv-install: $VERSION_NAME: PyPy requires \`${dep}' in $PYENV_BOOTSTRAP_VERSION to build from source." >&2
           exit 1