diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index ec2547b70..ae3c37032 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -147,8 +147,6 @@ jobs:
           channel-priority: true
           activate-environment: elephant
           environment-file: requirements/environment-tests.yml
-          auto-activate-base: false
-          use-only-tar-bz2: true # IMPORTANT: This needs to be set for caching to work properly!
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         shell: bash -l {0}