diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 8bf1647f9..a10cbcab0 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ repos:
     rev: v4.4.0 # must match requirements-tests.txt
     hooks:
       - id: trailing-whitespace
-      - id: requirements-txt-fixer
       - id: end-of-file-fixer
       - id: check-yaml
       - id: check-toml
diff --git a/requirements-tests.txt b/requirements-tests.txt
index 9987fa2ca..8f9b673d7 100644
--- a/requirements-tests.txt
+++ b/requirements-tests.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-aiohttp==3.8.4; python_version < "3.12"           # aiohttp can't be installed on 3.12 yet
+# Type checkers and other linters that we test our stubs against. These should always
+# be pinned to a specific version to make failure reproducible. See also the
+# "tool.typeshed" section in pyproject.toml for additional type checkers.
 black==23.3.0                                     # must match .pre-commit-config.yaml
 flake8==6.0.0; python_version >= "3.8"            # must match .pre-commit-config.yaml
 flake8-bugbear==23.5.9; python_version >= "3.8"   # must match .pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -6,16 +8,21 @@ flake8-noqa==1.3.1; python_version >= "3.8"       # must match .pre-commit-confi
 flake8-pyi==23.5.0; python_version >= "3.8"       # must match .pre-commit-config.yaml
 isort==5.12.0; python_version >= "3.8"            # must match .pre-commit-config.yaml
 mypy==1.3.0
-packaging==23.1
-pathspec>=0.11.1
 pre-commit-hooks==4.4.0                           # must match .pre-commit-config.yaml
 pycln==2.1.5                                      # must match .pre-commit-config.yaml
 pytype==2023.6.2; platform_system != "Windows" and python_version < "3.11"
+
+# Libraries used by our various scripts.
+aiohttp==3.8.4; python_version < "3.12"           # aiohttp can't be installed on 3.12 yet
+packaging==23.1
+pathspec>=0.11.1
 pyyaml==6.0
 stubdefaulter==0.1.0
 termcolor>=2.3
 tomli==2.0.1
 tomlkit==0.11.8
+typing-extensions
+
+# Type stubs used to type check our scripts.
 types-pyyaml>=6.0.12.7
 types-setuptools>=67.5.0.0
-typing-extensions