diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package-conda.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package-conda.yml
index 563cad6c..f87f7c6f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package-conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package-conda.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
         python-version: 3.8.12
-    - name: Add conda to system path
-      run: |
-        # $CONDA is an environment variable pointing to the root of the miniconda directory
-        echo $CONDA/bin >> $GITHUB_PATH
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         pip install --upgrade pip
@@ -46,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
         done < ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/scripts/tensor_names/suitesparse_ci.txt
     - name: Lint with flake8
       run: |
-        conda install flake8
+        pip install flake8
         # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
         flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics --exclude venv,peak,lassen
         # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide