diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b8e8371fa8e1fa0f53ea1e1990b638ac4f87ca41..88eb24f9330a2782df1f506403e481a38172c355 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -68,11 +68,7 @@ jobs:
         elif [ "${{ matrix.PYTEST_QT_API }}" = "pyqt4v2" ]; then
           conda install -q -y pyqt=4 -c conda-forge
         else  # pyqt5
-          if [ "${{ matrix.python-version }}" = "2.7" ]; then
-            conda install -q -y pyqt=5
-          else
-            pip install pyqt5
-          fi
+          conda install -q -y pyqt=5
         fi
         if [ "${{ matrix.os }}" != "windows-latest" ]; then
           conda install -q -y help2man