diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 12cd79ad..a8db2c3e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ jobs:
       if: ${{ steps.cache-julia.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
       env:
         PYTHON: ${{ env.pythonLocation }}/python
-      run: julia --color=yes instantiate.jl
+      run: |
+        julia --color=yes -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.add(["PrettyTables", "Literate"])'
+        julia --color=yes --project=@. -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.instantiate(); Pkg.precompile()'
     - name: Save Julia packages
       uses: actions/cache/save@v4
       if: ${{ steps.cache-julia.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
diff --git a/instantiate.jl b/instantiate.jl
deleted file mode 100644
index 825e2824..00000000
--- a/instantiate.jl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-using Pkg, Dates
-Pkg.add(["PrettyTables", "Literate"])
-Pkg.activate(".")
-Pkg.instantiate()
-Pkg.precompile()
-Pkg.gc(collect_delay=Day(0))