diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f291c91fa58099d21006e05abbd00af1827b21e3..2dfdfab75f84aff905ec88f7f8b4bb442bff093c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -16,13 +16,11 @@ minimal-windows:
   tags:
     - i10swarm11
   script:
-    - echo $0
     - source /cygdrive/c/Users/build/Miniconda3/Scripts/activate
     - source activate pystencils_dev
-    - source conda list
-    - grep sympy setup.py
-    - grep -Eo 'sympy[>=]+[0-9\.]+' setup.py | sed 's/>/=/g'
-    - conda update sympy==1.2
+    - env
+    - conda env list
     - pip install git+https://gitlab-ci-token:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}@i10git.cs.fau.de/pycodegen/pystencils.git@master#egg=pystencils
     - python -c "import numpy"
     - python setup.py quicktest
+