diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 215a5b9d..6a1bbdfe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -70,10 +70,8 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: docker build
       run: |
-        mkdir focal_self_test
-        cp requirements.txt focal_self_test
-
-        cat << 'EOF' > focal_self_test/Dockerfile
+        # overwriting Dockerfile!
+        cat << 'EOF' > Dockerfile
           FROM ubuntu:20.04
           ENV LC_ALL C.UTF-8
           ENV LANG C.UTF-8
diff --git a/WDL/CLI.py b/WDL/CLI.py
index 6befcd6b..24fdc9b5 100644
--- a/WDL/CLI.py
+++ b/WDL/CLI.py
@@ -2187,11 +2187,6 @@ def _type_to_input_template(ty: Type.Base):
 
 
 def pkg_version(pkg="miniwdl"):
-    if pkg == "miniwdl":
-        from . import _version
-
-        return _version.version
-
     import importlib_metadata
 
     try: