diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pdm-install-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-pdm-install-and-test.yml
index a85d7fae..20b5fc14 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-pdm-install-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pdm-install-and-test.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # needs to first install pdm, then install torch cpu manually and then install the package
 # then run the tests
 
-name: tests (pdm install, cpu)
+name: test (pdm install, cpu)
 
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9b73f298..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# cicd workflow for running tests with pytest
-# needs to first install pdm, then install torch cpu manually and then install the package
-# then run the tests
-
-name: tests (cpu)
-
-on: [push, pull_request]
-
-jobs:
-  tests:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Install pdm
-        uses: pdm-project/setup-pdm@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
-          cache: true
-
-      - name: Install torch (CPU)
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install torch  --index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
-
-      - name: Install package (including dev dependencies)
-        run: |
-          pdm install
-          pdm install --dev
-
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: |
-          pdm run pytest