diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5bdb174ef..9024929f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up conda
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
         with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.py }}
           channels: conda-forge, defaults
           channel-priority: strict
           show-channel-urls: true
diff --git a/pyccl/__init__.py b/pyccl/__init__.py
index ea581ca89..0103fce39 100644
--- a/pyccl/__init__.py
+++ b/pyccl/__init__.py
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # flake8: noqa E402
-from pkg_resources import get_distribution, DistributionNotFound
+from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
 try:
-    __version__ = get_distribution(__name__).version
-except DistributionNotFound:
+    __version__ = version(__name__)
+except PackageNotFoundError:
     # package is not installed
     pass
-del get_distribution, DistributionNotFound
+del version, PackageNotFoundError
 
 # Set the environment variable for default config path
 from os import environ, path