diff --git a/.github/conda/meta.yml b/.github/conda/meta.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/conda/meta.yml
rename to .github/conda/meta.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/conda-release.yml b/.github/workflows/conda-release.yml
index 35ca75b..a842fb6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/conda-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/conda-release.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ jobs:
           auto-activate-base: false
           activate-environment: "build-biosets"
           python-version: 3.8
-          channels: conda-forge
       - name: Setup conda env
         run: |
           conda install -c defaults anaconda-client conda-build