diff --git a/SpringCrawler/crawler.bat b/SpringCrawler/crawler.bat
index f369eb6..501e188 100644
--- a/SpringCrawler/crawler.bat
+++ b/SpringCrawler/crawler.bat
@@ -15,14 +15,6 @@ set NUM_PAGES=%~2
 set DEPTH=%~3
 set OUTPUT_DIR=%~4
 
-if not exist venv (
-    python -m venv venv
-)
-
-call venv\Scripts\activate.bat
-pip install --upgrade pip
-pip install -r requirements.txt
-
 set SCRAPY_CMND=scrapy crawl url -a seed_file=%SEED_FILE% -a num_pages=%NUM_PAGES%
 
 if not "%DEPTH%"=="" (
diff --git a/SpringCrawler/crawler.sh b/SpringCrawler/crawler.sh
index ecfb224..1b86592 100644
--- a/SpringCrawler/crawler.sh
+++ b/SpringCrawler/crawler.sh
@@ -11,14 +11,6 @@ NUM_PAGES=$2
 DEPTH=$3
 OUTPUT_DIR=$4
 
-if [ ! -d "venv" ]; then
-  python3 -m venv venv
-fi
-
-source venv/bin/activate
-pip install --upgrade pip
-pip install -r requirements.txt
-
 SCRAPY_CMND="scrapy crawl url -a seed_file=$SEED_FILE -a num_pages=$NUM_PAGES"
 
 if [ -n "$DEPTH" ]; then