diff --git a/.github/workflows/selfdrive_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/selfdrive_tests.yaml
index c4b0d33d29..af4a9e1131 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/selfdrive_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/selfdrive_tests.yaml
@@ -134,24 +134,6 @@ jobs:
       timeout-minutes: 4
       run: ${{ env.RUN }} "unset PYTHONWARNINGS && pre-commit run --all && chmod -R 777 /tmp/pre-commit"
 
-  valgrind:
-    name: valgrind
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        submodules: true
-    - uses: ./.github/workflows/setup-with-retry
-    - name: Build openpilot
-      run: ${{ env.RUN }} "scons -j$(nproc)"
-    - name: Run valgrind
-      timeout-minutes: 1
-      run: |
-        ${{ env.RUN }} "pytest selfdrive/test/test_valgrind_replay.py"
-    - name: Print logs
-      if: always()
-      run: cat selfdrive/test/valgrind_logs.txt
-
   unit_tests:
     name: unit tests
     runs-on: ${{ ((github.repository == 'commaai/openpilot') &&
diff --git a/selfdrive/test/test_valgrind_replay.py b/selfdrive/test/test_valgrind_replay.py
deleted file mode 100755
index dffd60df97..0000000000
--- a/selfdrive/test/test_valgrind_replay.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-import os
-import threading
-import time
-import subprocess
-import signal
-
-if "CI" in os.environ:
-  def tqdm(x):
-    return x
-else:
-  from tqdm import tqdm   # type: ignore
-
-import cereal.messaging as messaging
-from collections import namedtuple
-from openpilot.tools.lib.logreader import LogReader
-from openpilot.tools.lib.openpilotci import get_url
-from openpilot.common.basedir import BASEDIR
-
-ProcessConfig = namedtuple('ProcessConfig', ['proc_name', 'pub_sub', 'ignore', 'command', 'path', 'segment', 'wait_for_response'])
-
-CONFIGS = [
-  ProcessConfig(
-    proc_name="ubloxd",
-    pub_sub={
-      "ubloxRaw": ["ubloxGnss", "gpsLocationExternal"],
-    },
-    ignore=[],
-    command="./ubloxd",
-    path="system/ubloxd",
-    segment="0375fdf7b1ce594d|2019-06-13--08-32-25--3",
-    wait_for_response=True
-  ),
-]
-
-
-class TestValgrind:
-  def extract_leak_sizes(self, log):
-    if "All heap blocks were freed -- no leaks are possible" in log:
-      return (0,0,0)
-
-    log = log.replace(",","")  # fixes casting to int issue with large leaks
-    err_lost1 = log.split("definitely lost: ")[1]
-    err_lost2 = log.split("indirectly lost: ")[1]
-    err_lost3 = log.split("possibly lost: ")[1]
-    definitely_lost = int(err_lost1.split(" ")[0])
-    indirectly_lost = int(err_lost2.split(" ")[0])
-    possibly_lost = int(err_lost3.split(" ")[0])
-    return (definitely_lost, indirectly_lost, possibly_lost)
-
-  def valgrindlauncher(self, arg, cwd):
-    os.chdir(os.path.join(BASEDIR, cwd))
-    # Run valgrind on a process
-    command = "valgrind --leak-check=full " + arg
-    p = subprocess.Popen(command, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=True, preexec_fn=os.setsid)
-
-    while not self.replay_done:
-      time.sleep(0.1)
-
-    # Kill valgrind and extract leak output
-    os.killpg(os.getpgid(p.pid), signal.SIGINT)
-    _, err = p.communicate()
-    error_msg = str(err, encoding='utf-8')
-    with open(os.path.join(BASEDIR, "selfdrive/test/valgrind_logs.txt"), "a") as f:
-      f.write(error_msg)
-      f.write(5 * "\n")
-    definitely_lost, indirectly_lost, possibly_lost = self.extract_leak_sizes(error_msg)
-    if max(definitely_lost, indirectly_lost, possibly_lost) > 0:
-      self.leak = True
-      print("LEAKS from", arg, "\nDefinitely lost:", definitely_lost, "\nIndirectly lost", indirectly_lost, "\nPossibly lost", possibly_lost)
-    else:
-      self.leak = False
-
-  def replay_process(self, config, logreader):
-    pub_sockets = list(config.pub_sub.keys())  # We dump data from logs here
-    sub_sockets = [s for _, sub in config.pub_sub.items() for s in sub]  # We get responses here
-    pm = messaging.PubMaster(pub_sockets)
-    sm = messaging.SubMaster(sub_sockets)
-
-    print("Sorting logs")
-    all_msgs = sorted(logreader, key=lambda msg: msg.logMonoTime)
-    pub_msgs = [msg for msg in all_msgs if msg.which() in list(config.pub_sub.keys())]
-
-    thread = threading.Thread(target=self.valgrindlauncher, args=(config.command, config.path))
-    thread.daemon = True
-    thread.start()
-
-    while not all(pm.all_readers_updated(s) for s in config.pub_sub.keys()):
-      time.sleep(0)
-
-    for msg in tqdm(pub_msgs):
-      pm.send(msg.which(), msg.as_builder())
-      if config.wait_for_response:
-        sm.update(100)
-
-    self.replay_done = True
-
-  def test_config(self):
-    open(os.path.join(BASEDIR, "selfdrive/test/valgrind_logs.txt"), "w").close()
-
-    for cfg in CONFIGS:
-      self.leak = None
-      self.replay_done = False
-
-      r, n = cfg.segment.rsplit("--", 1)
-      lr = LogReader(get_url(r, n))
-      self.replay_process(cfg, lr)
-
-      while self.leak is None:
-        time.sleep(0.1)  # Wait for the valgrind to finish
-
-      assert not self.leak
diff --git a/tools/install_ubuntu_dependencies.sh b/tools/install_ubuntu_dependencies.sh
index 75d19141b6..70a7ff2ea7 100755
--- a/tools/install_ubuntu_dependencies.sh
+++ b/tools/install_ubuntu_dependencies.sh
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@ function install_ubuntu_common_requirements() {
     libqt5x11extras5-dev \
     libqt5opengl5-dev \
     libreadline-dev \
-    libdw1 \
-    valgrind
+    libdw1
 }
 
 # Install Ubuntu 24.04 LTS packages