diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6f4f403c..03e1efa1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ stages:
   cache:
     key:
       files:
-        - api/requirements.txt
+        - api/requirements/base.txt
     paths:
       - .cache/pip
     policy: pull-push
diff --git a/api/Makefile b/api/Makefile
index cada39d6..1ee72d01 100644
--- a/api/Makefile
+++ b/api/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ check-venv:
 	if [ -z $${VIRTUAL_ENV+x} ]; then echo "Are you sure you want to install dependencies outside of a virtual environment?"; sleep 30; fi
 
 pip: check-venv
-	pip install -r requirements.txt
+	pip install -r requirements/base.txt
 
 pip-dev: check-venv
 	pip install -r requirements/dev.txt
diff --git a/api/requirements.txt b/api/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ac35af8..00000000
--- a/api/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-### Specific versions ###
-numpy>=1.20,<1.24
-protobuf<4,>=3.20.2
-
-### AI packages ###
-accelerate
-diffusers
-onnx
-onnxruntime
-safetensors
-transformers
-
-#### Upscaling and face correction
-basicsr
-codeformer-perceptor
-facexlib
-gfpgan
-realesrgan
-
-### Server packages ###
-boto3
-flask
-flask-cors
-jsonschema
-pyyaml
-setproctitle
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/user-guide.md b/docs/user-guide.md
index 069a553f..9fc04f37 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide.md
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ differentiate between them.
 Using `python3` and `pip3` _instead of_ `python` and `pip` in the commands should resolve this issue:
 
 ```shell
-> pip3 install -r requirements.txt    # for example, you may be running a different command
+> pip3 install -r requirements/base.txt    # for example, you may be running a different command
 ```
 
 #### AttributeError: module 'numpy' has no attribute 'float'