diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index facc9c7fc0..1cbef84316 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install and Test
         run: ./.github/workflows/run_ci.sh
       - name: Upload to codecov
-        if: matrix.python-version == "3.8"
+        if: matrix.python-version == '3.8'
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1.0.13
         with:
           token: ${{secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_linux/python_deps.sh b/.github/workflows/ci_linux/python_deps.sh
index 339d6bb4d8..d5d4e076b3 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_linux/python_deps.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_linux/python_deps.sh
@@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ if [ $version != '3.12' ]; then
 fi
 
 #cppe
-if [ $version == '3.12' ]; then
+if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Linux" ] && [ $version != "3.12" ]; then
     pip install cppe
 fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_macos/python_deps.sh b/.github/workflows/ci_macos/python_deps.sh
index e7dc0e92f9..05346a980a 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_macos/python_deps.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_macos/python_deps.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,3 @@ version=$(python -c 'import sys; version=sys.version_info[:2]; print("{0}.{1}".f
 if [ $version != '3.12' ]; then
     pip install geometric
 fi
-
-if [ $version != '3.5' ]; then
-    pip install cppe
-fi