diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-package-conda.yml b/.github/workflows/test-package-conda.yml
index 8c6668d..2479f4a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-package-conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-package-conda.yml
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         # conda env update --file environment.yml --name base
-        conda config --add channels conda-forge
-        conda install \
+        #conda config --add channels conda-forge
+        pip install \
           boltons \
           cython \
           deprecation \
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ jobs:
           sphinx \
           torchvision \
           tqdm
-        ls /usr/share/miniconda/lib/
         pip install h5py  # https://github.com/h5py/h5py/issues/1880
 #    - name: Lint with flake8
 #      run: |
@@ -63,12 +62,13 @@ jobs:
 #        flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
-        conda install pytest hypothesis
+        # conda install pytest hypothesis
+        pip install pytest hypothesis
 
         python setup.py build_ext --inplace
         python -m pytest --nomatlab --notheano tests
     - name: test build and install
       run: |
-        $CONDA/bin/python setup.py sdist
-        $CONDA/bin/pip install dist/*.tar.gz
+        python setup.py sdist
+        pip install dist/*.tar.gz
         mkdir tmp && cd tmp && python -c "import pysaliency"