diff --git a/.github/workflows/basic-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/basic-tests.yml
index 45cd7248d07..3273dc85c74 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/basic-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/basic-tests.yml
@@ -24,17 +24,12 @@ jobs:
     - name: installing system packages
       run: |
         sudo apt-get -o Acquire::Retries=3 update
-        sudo apt-get -o Acquire::Retries=3 install *fftw3* mpi intel-mkl* git-lfs graphviz
+        sudo apt-get -o Acquire::Retries=3 install *fftw3* mpi intel-mkl* graphviz
         pip install tox pip setuptools --upgrade
     - name: installing auxiliary data files
       run: |
-        GIT_LFS_SKIP_SMUDGE=1 git clone https://git.ligo.org/lscsoft/lalsuite-extra
-        cd lalsuite-extra
-        git lfs pull -I "data/lalsimulation/SEOBNRv2ROM_*.dat"
-        git lfs pull -I "data/lalsimulation/*ChirpTime*.dat"
-        git lfs pull -I "data/lalsimulation/SEOBNRv4ROM_v2.0.hdf5"
-        mv data/lalsimulation/* ../
-        cd ../
+        curl --show-error --silent --remote-name https://git.ligo.org/lscsoft/lalsuite-extra/-/raw/master/data/lalsimulation/SEOBNRv4ROM_v2.0.hdf5
+        curl --show-error --silent --remote-name  https://git.ligo.org/waveforms/software/lalsuite-waveform-data/-/raw/main/waveform_data/SEOBNRv4ROM_v3.0.hdf5
     - name: run pycbc test suite
       run: |
         export LAL_DATA_PATH=$PWD
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index ca156372818..be41a00feae 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ jinja2
 mpld3>=0.3
 beautifulsoup4>=4.6.0
 cython
-# lalsuite 7.25 requires a data file which is not public
-#- pinning temporarily until it is
-lalsuite!=7.2,<7.25
+lalsuite!=7.2
 lscsoft-glue>=1.59.3
 igwn-segments
 tqdm