diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml b/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
index 627db72e268..7e6ce46f28a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-package.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ env:
   CONDA_BUILD_INDEX_ENV_PY_VER: '3.12' # conda does not support python 3.13
   CONDA_BUILD_VERSION: '25.1.1'
   CONDA_INDEX_VERSION: '0.5.0'
-  CONDA_CPH_VERSION: '2.4.0'
   RERUN_TESTS_ON_FAILURE: 'true'
   RUN_TESTS_MAX_ATTEMPTS: 2
   TEST_ENV_NAME: 'test'
@@ -130,7 +129,6 @@ jobs:
     env:
       channel-path: '${{ github.workspace }}/channel/'
       pkg-path-in-channel: '${{ github.workspace }}/channel/linux-64/'
-      extracted-pkg-path: '${{ github.workspace }}/pkg/'
       ver-json-path: '${{ github.workspace }}/version.json'
 
     steps:
@@ -163,14 +161,9 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ env.CONDA_BUILD_INDEX_ENV_PY_VER}}
           activate-environment: ${{ env.TEST_ENV_NAME }}
 
-      - name: Install conda-index and conda-package-handling
+      - name: Install conda-index
         run: |
-          mamba install conda-index=${{ env.CONDA_INDEX_VERSION }} conda-package-handling=${{ env.CONDA_CPH_VERSION }}
-
-      - name: Extract package archive
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p ${{ env.extracted-pkg-path }}
-          cph extract ${{ env.pkg-path-in-channel }}/${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}-*.conda --dest ${{ env.extracted-pkg-path }}
+          mamba install conda-index=${{ env.CONDA_INDEX_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Create conda channel
         run: |
@@ -255,7 +248,6 @@ jobs:
     env:
       channel-path: '${{ github.workspace }}\channel\'
       pkg-path-in-channel: '${{ github.workspace }}\channel\win-64\'
-      extracted-pkg-path: '${{ github.workspace }}\pkg'
       ver-json-path: '${{ github.workspace }}\version.json'
       workdir: '${{ github.workspace }}'
 
@@ -269,7 +261,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Store a path to package archive
         run: |
           @echo on
-          mkdir -p ${{ env.extracted-pkg-path }}
 
           set SEARCH_SCRIPT="DIR ${{ env.pkg-path-in-channel }} /s/b | FINDSTR /r "dpnp-.*\.conda""
           FOR /F "tokens=* USEBACKQ" %%F IN (`%SEARCH_SCRIPT%`) DO (
@@ -294,14 +285,9 @@ jobs:
           (echo CONDA_LIB_PATH=%CONDA_PREFIX%\Library\lib\) >> %GITHUB_ENV%
           (echo CONDA_LIB_BIN_PATH=%CONDA_PREFIX%\Library\bin\) >> %GITHUB_ENV%
 
-      - name: Install conda-index and conda-package-handling
-        run: |
-          mamba install conda-index=${{ env.CONDA_INDEX_VERSION }} conda-package-handling=${{ env.CONDA_CPH_VERSION }}
-
-      - name: Extract package archive
+      - name: Install conda-index
         run: |
-          cph extract %FULL_PACKAGE_PATH% --dest ${{ env.extracted-pkg-path }}
-          dir ${{ env.extracted-pkg-path }}
+          mamba install conda-index=${{ env.CONDA_INDEX_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Create conda channel
         run: |
@@ -467,7 +453,6 @@ jobs:
       array-api-skips-file: '${{ github.workspace }}/dpnp/.github/workflows/array-api-skips.txt'
       channel-path: '${{ github.workspace }}/channel/'
       pkg-path-in-channel: '${{ github.workspace }}/channel/linux-64/'
-      extracted-pkg-path: '${{ github.workspace }}/pkg/'
       ver-json-path: '${{ github.workspace }}/version.json'
 
     steps:
@@ -500,21 +485,16 @@ jobs:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
           activate-environment: 'array-api-conformity'
 
-      - name: Install conda-index and conda-package-handling
+      - name: Install conda-index
         id: install_conda_index
         continue-on-error: true
         run: |
-          mamba install conda-index=${{ env.CONDA_INDEX_VERSION }} conda-package-handling=${{ env.CONDA_CPH_VERSION }}
+          mamba install conda-index=${{ env.CONDA_INDEX_VERSION }}
 
-      - name: ReInstall conda-index and conda-package-handling
+      - name: ReInstall conda-index
         if: steps.install_conda_index.outcome == 'failure'
         run: |
-          mamba install conda-index=${{ env.CONDA_INDEX_VERSION }} conda-package-handling=${{ env.CONDA_CPH_VERSION }}
-
-      - name: Extract package archive
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p ${{ env.extracted-pkg-path }}
-          cph extract ${{ env.pkg-path-in-channel }}/${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}-*.conda --dest ${{ env.extracted-pkg-path }}
+          mamba install conda-index=${{ env.CONDA_INDEX_VERSION }}
 
       - name: Create conda channel
         run: |