diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d057979..17ea286 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-      with:
-        python-version: '3.x'
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         sudo apt-get install cmake libblas-dev liblapack-dev python3-setuptools python3-pip python3-dev