diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 328d8dc66..4187fe962 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ jobs:
         fetch-depth: 0
     - name: Install Conda environment with Micromamba
       uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1
-      # uses: mamba-org/provision-with-micromamba@main
       with:
         cache-downloads: true
         cache-environment: true
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
         condarc: |
           channels:
           - conda-forge
-        create-args: >-  # script dependencies
+        create-args: >-
           boa
     - name: linux conda build
       shell: bash -l {0}
diff --git a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
index 690660ed0..141df5e8e 100644
--- a/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda-recipe/meta.yaml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ test:
     - {{ dep.replace('torch', 'pytorch').lower() }}
     {% endfor %}
   commands:
-    - pytest .
+    - python -m unittest discover
 
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