diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 0c7b2905..0c638043 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get -y install gfortran gcc g++ cmake liblapack-dev libgomp1
           sudo apt-get -y install mpich libmpich-dev
           sudo apt-get -y install python3-gi python3-gi-cairo gir1.2-gtk-3.0
-          sudo rm /usr/lib/python3.12/EXTERNALLY-MANAGED
           wget https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py
           python3 get-pip.py
           export PATH=$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH