diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 19337361bceb8415ad44c1b05258d41ae0ef1c9d..638a295cfc2ab3851ef1d9904df1bac80e61e6de 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -240,8 +240,6 @@ humanDataHub:
   - query=$(echo 'https://'${referenceBase}'/ermrest/catalog/2/entity/RNASeq:Reference_Genome/Reference_Version='${GRCv}'.'${GRCp}'/Annotation_Version=GENCODE%20'${GENCODE})
   - curl --request GET ${query} > refQuery.json
   - refURL=$(python ./workflow/scripts/extractRefData.py)
-  - conda create --name deriva1.3 python=3.6 -y --no-deps
-  - source activate deriva1.3
   - pip install deriva==1.3.0 --user
   - deriva-hatrac-cli --host ${referenceBase} get ${refURL}
 
@@ -264,8 +262,6 @@ mousenDataHub:
   - query=$(echo 'https://'${referenceBase}'/ermrest/catalog/2/entity/RNASeq:Reference_Genome/Reference_Version='${GRCv}'.'${GRCp}'/Annotation_Version=GENCODE%20'${GENCODE})
   - curl --request GET ${query} > refQuery.json
   - refURL=$(python ./workflow/scripts/extractRefData.py)
-  - conda create --name deriva1.3 python=3.6 -y --no-deps
-  - source activate deriva1.3
   - pip install deriva==1.3.0 --user
   - deriva-hatrac-cli --host ${referenceBase} get ${refURL}