diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-testing.yml
index 932e70bcd2..d846950a37 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-testing.yml
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ jobs:
           # TODO: temporary fix till hanging jobs on macOS for py38 is resolved
           - python-version: 3.8
             os: macOS-10.15
-          # TODO: temporary fix till pyYaml can be installed, see: https://github.com/actions/setup-python/issues/114
-          - python-version: 3.7
-            os: ubuntu-18.04
-            requires: 'minimal'
 
     # Timeout: https://stackoverflow.com/a/59076067/4521646
     timeout-minutes: 25
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pt-conda.yml b/.github/workflows/pt-conda.yml
index c60c21be98..a5e41530d2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pt-conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pt-conda.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         pytorch-version: [1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 1.6]  # , 1.7
 
     # Timeout: https://stackoverflow.com/a/59076067/4521646
-    timeout-minutes: 20
+    timeout-minutes: 35
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2