diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
index d8b21476..4ed2202c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -19,24 +19,17 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
 
-      - name: Install OpenBabel
-        shell: bash -l {0}
-        run: conda install -c conda-forge openbabel
-
       - name: Install dependencies
-        shell: bash -l {0}
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           python -m pip install --upgrade pymatgen
           python -m pip install -e '.[dev]'
       - name: pytest
-        shell: bash -l {0}
         env:
           PMG_MAPI_KEY: ${{ secrets.PMG_MAPI_KEY }}
           MPLBACKEND: "Agg"
         run: pytest --cov=custodian custodian --color=yes
       - name: Upload coverage reports to Codecov
-        shell: bash -l {0}
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
         env:
           CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}