diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
index 3fd1ac86..28aa5763 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install dependencies
+        # following https://github.com/NESTCollaboration/nestpy/blob/master/README.md
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           python -m pip install pytest coverage coveralls
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ jobs:
           git submodule update --init --recursive
           pip install .
           cd ..
+          rm -rf nestpy
 
       - name: Install fuse
         run: |