diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
index cd139ee1..e30e5771 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1
     - name: Setup conda
-      if: startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags')
       run: |
         curl https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -o miniconda.sh
         bash miniconda.sh -b -p $HOME/miniconda
@@ -17,19 +16,16 @@ jobs:
         hash -r
         conda config --set always_yes yes --set changeps1 no
     - name: create env
-      if: startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags')
       run: |
         export PATH=$HOME/miniconda/bin:$PATH
         conda create -n foo -q --yes -c conda-forge -c bioconda python=3.7 twine
     - name: sdist
-      if: startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags')
       run: |
         export PATH=$HOME/miniconda/bin:$PATH
         source activate foo
         rm -f dist/*
         python setup.py sdist
     - name: upload
-      if: startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags')
       env:
         TWINE_USERNAME: "__token__"
         TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.pypi_password }}