diff --git a/run_tests.sh b/run_tests.sh
index fd66835e2..2046501ca 100755
--- a/run_tests.sh
+++ b/run_tests.sh
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ if [[ "$cuda_ver" != 'cpu' ]]; then
     fi
 fi
 
-# Check that OpenBlas is not linked to on Macs
+# Check that OpenBlas is not linked to on MacOS
 if [[ "$(uname)" == 'Darwin' ]]; then
     echo "Checking the OpenBLAS is not linked to"
     all_dylibs=($(find "$(python -c "import site; print(site.getsitepackages()[0])")"/torch -name '*.dylib'))
@@ -153,6 +153,9 @@ if [[ "$(uname)" == 'Darwin' ]]; then
             exit 1
         fi
     done
+
+    echo "Checking that OpenMP is available"
+    python -c "import torch; exit(0 if torch.backends.openmp.is_available() else 1)"
 fi
 
 popd
diff --git a/wheel/build_wheel.sh b/wheel/build_wheel.sh
index 1186bc56a..5e9c68041 100755
--- a/wheel/build_wheel.sh
+++ b/wheel/build_wheel.sh
@@ -182,11 +182,8 @@ tmp_env_name="wheel_py$python_nodot"
 conda create ${EXTRA_CONDA_INSTALL_FLAGS} -yn "$tmp_env_name" python="$desired_python"
 source activate "$tmp_env_name"
 
-if [[ "$desired_python" == "3.11" ]]; then
-  retry pip install -q "numpy${NUMPY_PINNED_VERSION}" "setuptools${SETUPTOOLS_PINNED_VERSION}" "pyyaml${PYYAML_PINNED_VERSION}" typing_extensions requests
-else
-  retry conda install ${EXTRA_CONDA_INSTALL_FLAGS} -yq "numpy${NUMPY_PINNED_VERSION}" nomkl "setuptools${SETUPTOOLS_PINNED_VERSION}" "pyyaml${PYYAML_PINNED_VERSION}" typing_extensions requests
-fi
+retry conda install ${EXTRA_CONDA_INSTALL_FLAGS} -yq "numpy${NUMPY_PINNED_VERSION}" nomkl "setuptools${SETUPTOOLS_PINNED_VERSION}" "pyyaml${PYYAML_PINNED_VERSION}" typing_extensions requests
+
 if [[ "$(uname -m)" == "arm64" ]]; then
   retry conda install ${EXTRA_CONDA_INSTALL_FLAGS} -yq cmake ninja
 else