diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 7313694c69..3ebc986e40 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -145,9 +145,8 @@ def _parse_requirements_file(file_path):
 ]
 _yolov8_integration_deps = _yolo_integration_deps + ["ultralytics==8.0.124"]
 _transformers_integration_deps = [
-    f"{'nm-transformers' if is_release else 'nm-transformers-nightly'}"
-    f"~={version_base}",
-    "datasets<=2.11",
+    "transformers<4.35",
+    "datasets<2.13",
     "scikit-learn",
     "seqeval",
 ]
@@ -166,7 +165,7 @@ def _parse_requirements_file(file_path):
 _clip_deps = [
     "open_clip_torch==2.20.0",
     "scipy<1.9.2,>=1.8",
-    f"{'nm-transformers' if is_release else 'nm-transformers-nightly'}",
+    "transformers<4.35",
 ]
 
 _torch_deps = ["torch>=1.7.0,<=2.0"]
diff --git a/src/deepsparse/transformers/__init__.py b/src/deepsparse/transformers/__init__.py
index b434dd86cf..1b254a76e8 100644
--- a/src/deepsparse/transformers/__init__.py
+++ b/src/deepsparse/transformers/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 
 # flake8: noqa
 
-import logging as _logging
 
 from deepsparse.analytics import deepsparse_analytics as _analytics
 
@@ -35,22 +34,6 @@
     raise ImportError("Please install deepsparse[transformers] to use this pathway")
 
 
-_LOGGER = _logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
-
-def _check_transformers_install():
-    import transformers as _transformers
-
-    if not getattr(_transformers, "NM_INTEGRATED", False):
-        _LOGGER.warning(
-            "The neuralmagic fork of transformers may not be installed. It can be "
-            "installed via `pip install nm_transformers`"
-        )
-
-
-_check_transformers_install()
-
-
 from .helpers import *
 from .loaders import *
 from .pipelines import *
diff --git a/tests/examples/test_twitter_nlp.py b/tests/examples/test_twitter_nlp.py
index 187e05e2ce..71a850acd7 100644
--- a/tests/examples/test_twitter_nlp.py
+++ b/tests/examples/test_twitter_nlp.py
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ def install_reqs():
             "-m",
             "pip",
             "install",
-            "-r",
-            "examples/twitter-nlp/requirements.txt",
+            "git+https://github.com/twintproject/"
+            "twint@e7c8a0c764f6879188e5c21e25fb6f1f856a7221#egg=twint",
+            "rich>=12.2.0",
         ]
     )