diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 52a8f60..e3bf286 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -67,23 +67,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run documentation generation
         run: |
           cd docs && make html
-      - name: Determine coverage and pytest options for unit tests
-        id: unit_options
+      - name: Run unit tests (serial)
         run: |
           COVERAGE_UNIT_OMIT=""
           PYTEST_UNIT_OPTIONS=""
-          echo "::set-output name=coverage_omit::${COVERAGE_UNIT_OMIT}"
-          echo "::set-output name=pytest_options::${PYTEST_UNIT_OPTIONS}"
-        shell: bash
-      - name: Run unit tests (serial)
-        run: |
-          COVERAGE_UNIT_OMIT="${{ steps.unit_options.outputs.coverage_omit }}"
-          PYTEST_UNIT_OPTIONS="${{ steps.unit_options.outputs.pytest_options }}"
           COVERAGE_FILE=.coverage_unit_serial python3 -m coverage run --source=rbnicsx --omit="${COVERAGE_UNIT_OMIT}" -m pytest  ${PYTEST_UNIT_OPTIONS} tests/unit
       - name: Run unit tests (parallel)
         run: |
-          COVERAGE_UNIT_OMIT="${{ steps.unit_options.outputs.coverage_omit }}"
-          PYTEST_UNIT_OPTIONS="${{ steps.unit_options.outputs.pytest_options }}"
+          COVERAGE_UNIT_OMIT=""
+          PYTEST_UNIT_OPTIONS=""
           COVERAGE_FILE=.coverage_unit_parallel mpirun -n 2 python3 -m coverage run --source=rbnicsx --parallel-mode --omit="${COVERAGE_UNIT_OMIT}" -m pytest ${PYTEST_UNIT_OPTIONS} tests/unit
       - name: Combine coverage reports
         run: |