diff --git a/workflow/main.nf b/workflow/main.nf
index a9b39f1563c58a25630932da79af5d5c441488f3..6fb36ecbf9dac4356a8226d518cedfd93190565a 100755
--- a/workflow/main.nf
+++ b/workflow/main.nf
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ references = params.references
 process checkDesignFile {
 
   tag "${name}"
-  conda "argparse pandas"
 
   input:
     file designLocation