diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index f2f49d8e..2eb63b66 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -84,26 +84,12 @@ jobs:
               uses: actions/checkout@v4
               with:
                   fetch-depth: 0
-            # - name: Set up Python
-            #   uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-            #   with:
-            #       python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-            # - name: Cache conda
-            #   uses: actions/cache@v4
-            #   env:
-            #     # Increase this value to reset cache if etc/example-environment.yml has not changed
-            #     CACHE_NUMBER: 0
-            #   with:
-            #       path: ~/conda_pkgs_dir
-            #       key: conda-${{ matrix.os }}-python-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ hashFiles('ci/environment.yml') }}
             - name: Add conda ${{ matrix.python-version }} to system path
               uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
               with:
                   activate-environment: "test_env"
                   auto-activate-base: false
-                  #architecture: "x64"
                   miniforge-variant: Mambaforge
-                  #miniforge-version: latest
                   python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
                   auto-update-conda: true
                   environment-file: ${{ matrix.environment }}
@@ -158,13 +144,13 @@ jobs:
 
                   #conda install --use-local astromodels
                   conda install -c ${CONDA}/envs/test_env/conda-bld/ astromodels
-            - name: Test conda build
+            - name: Test import xspec
+              if: matrix.os != 'macos-latest'
               shell: bash -l {0}
-              run: |
-                  cd astromodels/tests
-                  echo "======>  importing XSPEC..."
-                  python -c "import astromodels.xspec"
-                  python -m pytest -vv --cov=astromodels --cov-report=xml
+              run: python -c "import astromodels.xspec"
+            - name: Test astromodels
+              shell: bash -l {0}
+              run: python -m pytest -vv --cov=astromodels --cov-report=xml
               env:
                   OMP_NUM_THREADS: 1
                   MKL_NUM_THREADS: 1
@@ -188,14 +174,6 @@ jobs:
               uses: actions/checkout@v4
               with:
                   fetch-depth: 0
-            #- name: Cache conda
-            #  uses: actions/cache@v4
-            #  env:
-            #    # Increase this value to reset cache if etc/example-environment.yml has not changed
-            #    CACHE_NUMBER: 0
-            #  with:
-            #      path: ~/conda_pkgs_dir
-            #      key: conda-${{ matrix.os }}-python-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ hashFiles('ci/environment.yml') }}
             - name: Add conda ${{ matrix.python-version }} to system path
               uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
               with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test_and_build.yml b/.github/workflows/test_and_build.yml
index ceebdf89..9020170c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test_and_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_and_build.yml
@@ -110,21 +110,11 @@ jobs:
         steps:
             - name: Checkout
               uses: actions/checkout@v4
-            # - name: Cache conda
-            #   uses: actions/cache@v4
-            #   env:
-            #     # Increase this value to reset cache if etc/example-environment.yml has not changed
-            #     CACHE_NUMBER: 0
-            #   with:
-            #       path: ~/conda_pkgs_dir
-            #       key: conda-${{ matrix.os }}-python-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ hashFiles('ci/environment.yml') }}
             - name: Add conda ${{ matrix.python-version }} to system path
               uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
               with:
                   activate-environment: "test_env"
                   auto-activate-base: false
-                  #architecture: "x64"
-                  #mamba-version: "*"
                   miniforge-version: latest
                   python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
                   auto-update-conda: true
@@ -132,8 +122,6 @@ jobs:
                   use-only-tar-bz2: true
                   channel-priority: strict
                   channels: conda-forge, xspecmodels
-              
-
             - name: Init Env
               shell: bash -l {0}
               run: |
@@ -170,24 +158,13 @@ jobs:
                   # stop the build if there are Python syntax errors or undefined names
                   flake8
 
-            - name: Test conda install
-              if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
+            - name: Test import xspec
+              if: matrix.os != 'macos-latest'
               shell: bash -l {0}
-              run: python -m pytest -vv --cov=astromodels --cov-report=xml
-              env:
-                OMP_NUM_THREADS: 1
-                MKL_NUM_THREADS: 1
-                NUMEXPR_NUM_THREADS: 1
-                MPLBACKEND: "Agg"
-            - name: Test conda install
-              if: matrix.os != 'macos-latest' 
+              run: python -c "import astromodels.xspec"
+            - name: Test astromodels
               shell: bash -l {0}
-              run: |
-              
-                  echo "======>  importing XSPEC..."
-                  python -c "import astromodels.xspec"
-                  python -m pytest -vv --cov=astromodels --cov-report=xml
-
+              run: python -m pytest -vv --cov=astromodels --cov-report=xml
               env:
                   OMP_NUM_THREADS: 1
                   MKL_NUM_THREADS: 1