diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy.yaml
index 095335c..452a552 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy.yaml
@@ -20,12 +20,13 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Set up Quarto
       uses: quarto-dev/quarto-actions/setup@v2
-
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        sudo apt-get install -y pandoc libxml2-dev
-        Rscript -e 'install.packages("quarto", lib = "/tmp")' # Install quarto in /tmp
-        Rscript -e '.libPaths(c("/tmp", .libPaths())); library(quarto)' # Set library path
+      
+# only need if using R analyses in quarto 
+#     - name: Install dependencies
+#       run: |
+#         sudo apt-get install -y pandoc libxml2-dev
+#         Rscript -e 'install.packages("quarto", lib = "/tmp")' # Install quarto in /tmp
+#         Rscript -e '.libPaths(c("/tmp", .libPaths())); library(quarto)' # Set library path
       
     - name: Render Quarto Project
       run: quarto render