diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu_tests.yml
index b31a89ee..b7302ce5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu_tests.yml
@@ -19,14 +19,15 @@ jobs:
               libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev wget curl llvm libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev \
               xz-utils tk-dev libffi-dev liblzma-dev python-openssl git
       # https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv#installation
-      - run: echo "$HOME" >> $PYENV_ROOT
       - run: echo "$HOME/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
       # - run: echo 'export PYENV_ROOT=$(pwd)' >> ~/.bash_profile
       # - run: echo 'export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile
       - run: echo -e 'if command -v pyenv 1>/dev/null 2>&1; then\n  eval "$(pyenv init -)"\nfi' >> ~/.bash_profile
-      - run: cd $(pyenv root) && git pull || true
+      # - run: cd $(pyenv root) && git pull || true
       - run: git pull
-      - run: |
+      - env:
+          PYENV_ROOT: $HOME"
+        run: |
           pyenv install ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           pyenv global ${{ matrix.python-version }}
           pyenv rehash