diff --git a/.github/workflows/style-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/style-checks.yml
index 8aceb6469eb..0bb19e95e56 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/style-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/style-checks.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
-name: Black  # TODO: add isort and flake8 later
+name: style checks
+# just formatting for now
+# TODO: add isort and flake8 later
 
 on:
-  pull_request: {}
+  pull_request:
   push:
-    branches: master
+    branches: main
     tags: "*"
 
 jobs:
-  test:
+  black:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -19,8 +21,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install dependencies with pip
         run: |
-          pip install --upgrade pip wheel
-          pip install .[test]
+          pip install black
 
       # - run: isort --check-only .
       - run: black --check .