diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-conda.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-conda.yml
index 104abee..a44d002 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-conda.yml
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         # $CONDA is an environment variable pointing to the root of the miniconda directory
         echo $CONDA/bin >> $GITHUB_PATH
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        conda env update --file environment.yml --name base
     - name: Install conda client
       run: |
         conda install anaconda-client conda-build