Remove unnecessary conda installs in test suite (#1993)

.github/workflows/tests.yaml

@@ -35,12 +35,6 @@ jobs:
           cache: pip
           cache-dependency-path: tests/requirements**.txt
 
-      - name: Set up conda
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          activate-environment: quacc-env
-
       - name: Install pip packages
         run: |
           pip install uv
@@ -81,12 +75,6 @@ jobs:
           cache: pip
           cache-dependency-path: tests/requirements**.txt
 
-      - name: Set up conda
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
-          activate-environment: quacc-env
-
       - name: Install pip packages
         run: |
           pip install uv
@@ -98,9 +86,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run tests with pytest
         run: pytest --durations=10 tests/covalent --cov=quacc --cov-report=xml
 
-      - name: Stop Covalent server
-        run: covalent stop
-
       - name: Upload code coverage report to Artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -184,12 +169,6 @@ jobs:
           cache: pip
           cache-dependency-path: tests/requirements**.txt
 
-      - name: Set up conda
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
-          activate-environment: quacc-env
-
       - name: Install pip packages
         run: |
           pip install uv
@@ -403,12 +382,6 @@ jobs:
           cache: pip
           cache-dependency-path: tests/requirements**.txt
 
-      - name: Set up conda
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          activate-environment: quacc-env
-
       - name: Install pip packages
         run: |
           pip install uv