diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yml
index 98457ae..7bd46be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: check
 on:
-  push:
+#  push:
   pull_request:
 
 concurrency:
diff --git a/ShortSeq/tests/unit_tests_main.py b/ShortSeq/tests/unit_tests_main.py
index 44f4ed6..614950f 100644
--- a/ShortSeq/tests/unit_tests_main.py
+++ b/ShortSeq/tests/unit_tests_main.py
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 import unittest
-import time
-
-from pympler.asizeof import asizeof
 
 from ShortSeq import ShortSeq, ShortSeq64, ShortSeq128, ShortSeqVar
 from ShortSeq import MIN_VAR_NT, MAX_VAR_NT, MIN_64_NT, MAX_64_NT, MIN_128_NT, MAX_128_NT
@@ -158,16 +155,6 @@ def test_slice(self):
             self.assertEqual(sq[i:], sample[i:])
             self.assertEqual(sq[-i:], sample[-i:])
 
-    def test_gzip_size_comparison(self):
-        sample = rand_sequence(MAX_64_NT, no_range=True)
-        import gzip
-
-        gz_bytes = gzip.compress(sample.encode())
-        print(asizeof(gz_bytes))
-        print(asizeof(sample.encode()))
-        print(asizeof(ShortSeq.from_str(sample)))
-
-
 
 class ShortSeqVarTests(unittest.TestCase):
     """These tests address the variable length ShortSeq variant (ShortSeqVar)"""