diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index fd0c92ca8..4a786f412 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
         pip install jupyter_packaging~=0.7.9 jupyterlab~=3.0 packaging setuptools twine wheel
-    - name: Test version are matching
-      run: python -c "from release import assertEqualVersion; assertEqualVersion()"
     - name: Publish the Python package
       env:
         TWINE_USERNAME: __token__