diff --git a/.github/workflows/pip-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/pip-checks.yml
index 5e134d3f..557c4d7f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pip-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pip-checks.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      # We initiate the environment empty, and check if a key for this environment doesn't already exist in the cache
+      # We initiate the environment empty
       - name: Initiate empty environment
         uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v3
         with:
@@ -38,15 +38,12 @@ jobs:
           activate-environment: xdem-pip
           python-version:
 
+      # Use pip install
       - name: Install project
         run: |
           mamba install pip
           pip install -e .
 
-      # This steps allows us to check the "import xdem" with the base environment provided to users, before adding
-      # development-specific dependencies by differencing the env and dev-env yml files
+      # Check import works
       - name: Check import works with base environment
-        run: |
-          # We unset the PROJ_DATA environment variable to make PROJ work on Windows
-          unset PROJ_DATA
-          python -c "import xdem"
\ No newline at end of file
+        run: python -c "import xdem"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_misc.py b/tests/test_misc.py
index fc87a314..8c990fdd 100644
--- a/tests/test_misc.py
+++ b/tests/test_misc.py
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@ def useless_func() -> int:
     def test_diff_environment_yml(self, capsys) -> None:  # type: ignore
 
         # Test with synthetic environment
-        env = {"dependencies": ["python==3.9", "numpy", "fiona"]}
-        devenv = {"dependencies": ["python==3.9", "numpy", "fiona", "opencv"]}
+        env = {"dependencies": ["python==3.9", "numpy", "pandas"]}
+        devenv = {"dependencies": ["python==3.9", "numpy", "pandas", "opencv"]}
 
         # This should print the difference between the two
         xdem.misc.diff_environment_yml(env, devenv, input_dict=True, print_dep="conda")
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ def test_diff_environment_yml(self, capsys) -> None:  # type: ignore
         captured = capsys.readouterr().out
         assert captured == "opencv\nNone\n"
 
-        env2 = {"dependencies": ["python==3.9", "numpy", "fiona"]}
-        devenv2 = {"dependencies": ["python==3.9", "numpy", "fiona", "opencv", {"pip": ["geoutils", "-e ./"]}]}
+        env2 = {"dependencies": ["python==3.9", "numpy", "pandas"]}
+        devenv2 = {"dependencies": ["python==3.9", "numpy", "pandas", "opencv", {"pip": ["geoutils", "-e ./"]}]}
 
         # The diff function should not account for -e ./ that is the local install for developers
         xdem.misc.diff_environment_yml(env2, devenv2, input_dict=True, print_dep="both")
@@ -155,13 +155,13 @@ def test_diff_environment_yml(self, capsys) -> None:  # type: ignore
 
         # When the dependencies are not defined in dev-env but in env, it should raise an error
         # For normal dependencies
-        env3 = {"dependencies": ["python==3.9", "numpy", "fiona", "lol"]}
-        devenv3 = {"dependencies": ["python==3.9", "numpy", "fiona", "opencv", {"pip": ["geoutils"]}]}
+        env3 = {"dependencies": ["python==3.9", "numpy", "pandas", "lol"]}
+        devenv3 = {"dependencies": ["python==3.9", "numpy", "pandas", "opencv", {"pip": ["geoutils"]}]}
         with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="The following dependencies are listed in env but not dev-env: lol"):
             xdem.misc.diff_environment_yml(env3, devenv3, input_dict=True, print_dep="pip")
 
         # For pip dependencies
-        env4 = {"dependencies": ["python==3.9", "numpy", "fiona", {"pip": ["lol"]}]}
-        devenv4 = {"dependencies": ["python==3.9", "numpy", "fiona", "opencv", {"pip": ["geoutils"]}]}
+        env4 = {"dependencies": ["python==3.9", "numpy", "pandas", {"pip": ["lol"]}]}
+        devenv4 = {"dependencies": ["python==3.9", "numpy", "pandas", "opencv", {"pip": ["geoutils"]}]}
         with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="The following pip dependencies are listed in env but not dev-env: lol"):
             xdem.misc.diff_environment_yml(env4, devenv4, input_dict=True, print_dep="pip")