diff --git a/.github/workflows/github_actions.yml b/.github/workflows/github_actions.yml
index 4dc6028e..24e7d0e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github_actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github_actions.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           pip install alphapulldown==2.0.0b6
       - if: matrix.install-type == 'developer'
         run: |
-          conda create -n AlphaPulldown -c omnia -c bioconda -c conda-forge python==${{ matrix.python-version }} openmm==8.0 pdbfixer==1.9 kalign2 pytest importlib_metadata modelcif
+          conda create -n AlphaPulldown -c omnia -c bioconda -c conda-forge python==${{ matrix.python-version }} openmm==8.0 pdbfixer==1.9 kalign2 modelcif
           eval "$(conda shell.bash hook)"
           conda activate AlphaPulldown
           conda install -c bioconda hmmer hhsuite