diff --git a/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test.yaml b/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test.yaml
index 78a7a5e3b5..c41eb1daef 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/vllm_ascend_test.yaml
@@ -184,8 +184,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL: https://mirrors.huaweicloud.com/ascend/repos/pypi
         run: |
-          pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
           pip install -v -e .
+          pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
 
       - name: Run e2e test
         env:
@@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           PIP_EXTRA_INDEX_URL: https://mirrors.huaweicloud.com/ascend/repos/pypi
         run: |
-          pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
           pip install -v -e .
+          pip install -r requirements-dev.txt
 
       - name: Run vllm-project/vllm-ascend test
         env:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d6cb55d1f2..6b16fc4928 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,5 @@ requires = [
     "msgpack",
     "quart",
     "numba",
-    # Remove after https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-ascend/issues/1470
-    "transformers==4.52.4",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f2a1c6ff20..375b55433e 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,3 @@ numba
 --pre
 --extra-index-url https://mirrors.huaweicloud.com/ascend/repos/pypi
 torch-npu==2.5.1.post1.dev20250619
-
-# Remove after https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm-ascend/issues/1470
-transformers==4.52.4