diff --git a/.github/workflows/installation-from-remote.yaml b/.github/workflows/installation-from-remote.yaml
index 0883da5..a502a2a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/installation-from-remote.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/installation-from-remote.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ jobs:
         conda info
         conda search conflowgen -c conda-forge --info
         conda create -n test-install-conflowgen -c conda-forge conflowgen pytest
+        conda activate test-install-conflowgen
         python -m pytest --pyargs conflowgen
 
   build-conda-on-linux:
@@ -82,10 +83,6 @@ jobs:
       with:
         python-version: '3.10'
 
-    - name: Use latest version of pip
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-
     - name: Install ConFlowGen and run tests
       run: |
         python -m pip install conflowgen pytest