diff --git a/reinstall-magisk-on-lineageos b/reinstall-magisk-on-lineageos
index 3e56a72..58dd225 100755
--- a/reinstall-magisk-on-lineageos
+++ b/reinstall-magisk-on-lineageos
@@ -63,10 +63,6 @@ extract_boot_image_from_file_based_ota() {
     exit 1
 }
 
-install_python_protobuf() {
-    sudo python3 -m pip install protobuf
-}
-
 extract_payload_from_payload_based_ota() {
     unzip -od /tmp /tmp/lineageos.zip payload.bin
 }
@@ -76,7 +72,6 @@ generate_random_alnum_string_of_length_6() {
 }
 
 extract_boot_image_from_payload_file() {
-    install_python_protobuf
     # For cases in which the repo has already been cloned, I prefer to create a random directory name to clone into, instead of deleting any file or directory on the user's machine.
     scripts_directory_name="scripts_$(generate_random_alnum_string_of_length_6)"
     git clone https://github.com/LineageOS/scripts /tmp/$scripts_directory_name