diff --git a/.github/workflows/sharpy_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/sharpy_tests.yaml
index 543f39f48..97a6090a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sharpy_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sharpy_tests.yaml
@@ -39,8 +39,6 @@ jobs:
           git submodule init
           git submodule update
           git fetch --tags -f
-          mkdir build && cd build
-          cmake .. && make install -j 4 && cd ..
           pip install .
           pip install coverage
           coverage run -m unittest discover
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 500fb1bad..e979665b9 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def run(self):
         "colorama",
         "dill",
         "jupyterlab",
-        "mayavi", # github direct dependency removed since pip version is fixed, and also not compatible with pypi
+        "mayavi @ git+https://github.com/enthought/mayavi/zipball/master", # github direct dependency restored temporarily
         "pandas",
         "control",
         "openpyxl>=3.0.10",