diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_packages.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_packages.yml
index bb80e0c..84d563a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_packages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_packages.yml
@@ -6,30 +6,9 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
-  check-for-new-release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      
-      - name: Check PyPI version
-        uses: maybe-hello-world/pyproject-check-version@v3
-        id: versioncheck
-        with:
-          pyproject-path: "./pyproject.toml"
-      
-      - name: Report Results
-        run: |
-            echo "New Release found? ${{ steps.versioncheck.outputs.local_version_is_higher }}"
-            echo "Local version: ${{ steps.versioncheck.outputs.local_version }}"
-            echo "Public version: ${{ steps.versioncheck.outputs.public_version }}"
-    outputs:
-      do_publish: ${{ steps.versioncheck.outputs.local_version_is_higher }}
-
   pypi:
     name: Build and publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to PyPI
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: check-for-new-release
-    if: ${{ needs.check-for-new-release.outputs.do_publish == 'true' }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@master
       - name: Set up Python 3.10
@@ -56,36 +35,4 @@ jobs:
           password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
           skip-existing: true
           verbose: true
-  conda:
-    name: Build and publish Conda distrbutions
-    needs: pypi  # wait for pypi build to finish
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        shell: bash -el {0}  # login bash for conda calls
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@master
-      - name: Set up Python 3.10
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
-      - name: Setup miniconda
-        uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
-        with:
-          auto-activate-base: true
-          activate-environment: ""
-      - name: Install build dependencies
-        run: |
-          conda install conda-build anaconda-client
-          conda install -c conda-forge grayskull
-          conda config --set anaconda_upload yes
-      - name: Build and Push astartes
-        env:
-          ANACONDA_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ANACONDA_API_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          cd ..
-          sleep 60s  # wait for the PyPI package to be visible
-          grayskull pypi astartes
-          cd astartes
-          conda build .
       
diff --git a/astartes/__init__.py b/astartes/__init__.py
index 7bef331..e649de9 100644
--- a/astartes/__init__.py
+++ b/astartes/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # convenience import to enable 'from astartes import train_test_split'
 from .main import train_test_split, train_val_test_split
 
-__version__ = "1.1.2"
+__version__ = "1.1.3"
 
 # DO NOT do this:
 # from .molecules import train_test_split_molecules