diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c5b1ba28a..768c9c816 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -45,11 +45,11 @@ Website = "https://pipecat.ai"
 anthropic = [ "anthropic~=0.45.2" ]
 assemblyai = [ "assemblyai~=0.36.0" ]
 aws = [ "boto3~=1.35.99" ]
-azure = [ "azure-cognitiveservices-speech~=1.42.0", "openai~=1.59.6" ]
+azure = [ "azure-cognitiveservices-speech~=1.42.0"]
 canonical = [ "aiofiles~=24.1.0" ]
 cartesia = [ "cartesia~=1.3.1", "websockets~=13.1" ]
-cerebras = [ "openai~=1.59.6" ]
-deepseek = [ "openai~=1.59.6" ]
+cerebras = []
+deepseek = []
 daily = [ "daily-python~=0.14.2" ]
 deepgram = [ "deepgram-sdk~=3.8.0" ]
 elevenlabs = [ "websockets~=13.1" ]
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ fal = [ "fal-client~=0.5.6" ]
 fish = [ "ormsgpack~=1.7.0", "websockets~=13.1" ]
 gladia = [ "websockets~=13.1" ]
 google = [ "google-cloud-speech~=2.31.0", "google-cloud-texttospeech~=2.25.0", "google-genai~=1.2.0", "google-generativeai~=0.8.4" ]
-grok = [ "openai~=1.59.6" ]
-groq = [ "openai~=1.59.6" ]
+grok = []
+groq = []
 gstreamer = [ "pygobject~=3.50.0" ]
-fireworks = [ "openai~=1.59.6" ]
+fireworks = []
 krisp = [ "pipecat-ai-krisp~=0.3.0" ]
 koala = [ "pvkoala~=2.0.3" ]
 langchain = [ "langchain~=0.3.14", "langchain-community~=0.3.14", "langchain-openai~=0.3.0" ]
@@ -68,11 +68,11 @@ livekit = [ "livekit~=0.19.1", "livekit-api~=0.8.1", "tenacity~=9.0.0" ]
 lmnt = [ "websockets~=13.1" ]
 local = [ "pyaudio~=0.2.14" ]
 moondream = [ "einops~=0.8.0", "timm~=1.0.13", "transformers~=4.48.0" ]
-nim = [ "openai~=1.59.6" ]
+nim = []
 noisereduce = [ "noisereduce~=3.0.3" ]
-openai = [ "openai~=1.59.6", "websockets~=13.1" ]
+openai = [ "websockets~=13.1" ]
 openpipe = [ "openpipe~=4.45.0" ]
-perplexity = [ "openai~=1.59.6" ]
+perplexity = []
 playht = [ "pyht~=0.1.6", "websockets~=13.1" ]
 rime = [ "websockets~=13.1" ]
 riva = [ "nvidia-riva-client~=2.18.0" ]
@@ -80,10 +80,10 @@ sentry = [ "sentry-sdk~=2.20.0" ]
 silero = [ "onnxruntime~=1.20.1" ]
 simli = [ "simli-ai~=0.1.10"]
 soundfile = [ "soundfile~=0.13.0" ]
-together = [ "openai~=1.59.6" ]
+together = []
 websocket = [ "websockets~=13.1", "fastapi~=0.115.6" ]
 whisper = [ "faster-whisper~=1.1.1" ]
-openrouter = [ "openai~=1.59.6" ]
+openrouter = []
 
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 # All the following settings are optional:
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/azure.py b/src/pipecat/services/azure.py
index d898f4b7c..fbdd08ab1 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/azure.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/azure.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from typing import AsyncGenerator, Optional
 
 import aiohttp
 from loguru import logger
+from openai import AsyncAzureOpenAI
 from PIL import Image
 from pydantic import BaseModel
 
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@ try:
         PushAudioInputStream,
     )
     from azure.cognitiveservices.speech.dialog import AudioConfig
-    from openai import AsyncAzureOpenAI
 except ModuleNotFoundError as e:
     logger.error(f"Exception: {e}")
     logger.error(
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/cerebras.py b/src/pipecat/services/cerebras.py
index fce3c22bf..b5e34afe5 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/cerebras.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/cerebras.py
@@ -7,22 +7,12 @@
 from typing import List
 
 from loguru import logger
+from openai import AsyncStream
+from openai.types.chat import ChatCompletionChunk, ChatCompletionMessageParam
 
 from pipecat.processors.aggregators.openai_llm_context import OpenAILLMContext
 from pipecat.services.openai import OpenAILLMService
 
-try:
-    from openai import (
-        AsyncStream,
-    )
-    from openai.types.chat import ChatCompletionChunk, ChatCompletionMessageParam
-except ModuleNotFoundError as e:
-    logger.error(f"Exception: {e}")
-    logger.error(
-        "In order to use Cerebras, you need to `pip install pipecat-ai[cerebras]`. Also, set `CEREBRAS_API_KEY` environment variable."
-    )
-    raise Exception(f"Missing module: {e}")
-
 
 class CerebrasLLMService(OpenAILLMService):
     """A service for interacting with Cerebras's API using the OpenAI-compatible interface.
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/deepseek.py b/src/pipecat/services/deepseek.py
index 67433dfaa..2537f2f7c 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/deepseek.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/deepseek.py
@@ -8,22 +8,12 @@
 from typing import List
 
 from loguru import logger
+from openai import AsyncStream
+from openai.types.chat import ChatCompletionChunk, ChatCompletionMessageParam
 
 from pipecat.processors.aggregators.openai_llm_context import OpenAILLMContext
 from pipecat.services.openai import OpenAILLMService
 
-try:
-    from openai import (
-        AsyncStream,
-    )
-    from openai.types.chat import ChatCompletionChunk, ChatCompletionMessageParam
-except ModuleNotFoundError as e:
-    logger.error(f"Exception: {e}")
-    logger.error(
-        "In order to use DeepSeek, you need to `pip install pipecat-ai[deepseek]`. Also, set `DEEPSEEK_API_KEY` environment variable."
-    )
-    raise Exception(f"Missing module: {e}")
-
 
 class DeepSeekLLMService(OpenAILLMService):
     """A service for interacting with DeepSeek's API using the OpenAI-compatible interface.
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/fireworks.py b/src/pipecat/services/fireworks.py
index 0e50fc980..8e40e1a7b 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/fireworks.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/fireworks.py
@@ -8,19 +8,11 @@
 from typing import List
 
 from loguru import logger
+from openai.types.chat import ChatCompletionMessageParam
 
 from pipecat.processors.aggregators.openai_llm_context import OpenAILLMContext
 from pipecat.services.openai import OpenAILLMService
 
-try:
-    from openai.types.chat import ChatCompletionMessageParam
-except ModuleNotFoundError as e:
-    logger.error(f"Exception: {e}")
-    logger.error(
-        "In order to use Fireworks, you need to `pip install pipecat-ai[fireworks]`. Also, set `FIREWORKS_API_KEY` environment variable."
-    )
-    raise Exception(f"Missing module: {e}")
-
 
 class FireworksLLMService(OpenAILLMService):
     """A service for interacting with Fireworks AI using the OpenAI-compatible interface.
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/openpipe.py b/src/pipecat/services/openpipe.py
index 98241eb50..c89c9d6a3 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/openpipe.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/openpipe.py
@@ -7,12 +7,12 @@
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional
 
 from loguru import logger
+from openai.types.chat import ChatCompletionChunk, ChatCompletionMessageParam
 
 from pipecat.processors.aggregators.openai_llm_context import OpenAILLMContext
 from pipecat.services.openai import OpenAILLMService
 
 try:
-    from openai.types.chat import ChatCompletionChunk, ChatCompletionMessageParam
     from openpipe import AsyncOpenAI as OpenPipeAI
     from openpipe import AsyncStream
 except ModuleNotFoundError as e:
diff --git a/src/pipecat/services/perplexity.py b/src/pipecat/services/perplexity.py
index 8152461c3..b0c560ce4 100644
--- a/src/pipecat/services/perplexity.py
+++ b/src/pipecat/services/perplexity.py
@@ -7,24 +7,13 @@
 from typing import List
 
 from loguru import logger
+from openai import NOT_GIVEN, AsyncStream
+from openai.types.chat import ChatCompletionChunk, ChatCompletionMessageParam
 
 from pipecat.metrics.metrics import LLMTokenUsage
 from pipecat.processors.aggregators.openai_llm_context import OpenAILLMContext
 from pipecat.services.openai import OpenAILLMService
 
-try:
-    from openai import (
-        NOT_GIVEN,
-        AsyncStream,
-    )
-    from openai.types.chat import ChatCompletionChunk, ChatCompletionMessageParam
-except ModuleNotFoundError as e:
-    logger.error(f"Exception: {e}")
-    logger.error(
-        "In order to use Perplexity, you need to `pip install pipecat-ai[perplexity]`. Also, set `PERPLEXITY_API_KEY` environment variable."
-    )
-    raise Exception(f"Missing module: {e}")
-
 
 class PerplexityLLMService(OpenAILLMService):
     """A service for interacting with Perplexity's API.
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 82a6fbb25..fe45b9ff2 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ langchain~=0.2.14
 livekit~=0.13.1
 lmnt~=1.1.4
 loguru~=0.7.2
+Markdown~=3.7
 numpy~=1.26.4
 openai~=1.37.2
 openpipe~=4.24.0
@@ -29,5 +30,4 @@ silero-vad~=5.1
 soxr~=0.5.0
 together~=1.2.7
 transformers~=4.48.0
-websockets~=13.1
-Markdown~=3.7
\ No newline at end of file
+websockets~=13.1
\ No newline at end of file