diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test_remote_no_dependencies.yml
similarity index 64%
rename from .github/workflows/test.yml
rename to .github/workflows/test_remote_no_dependencies.yml
index 181dc99..37617bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test_remote_no_dependencies.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-name: Test Pypi package
+name: "Test remote API"
+description: "Test remote API at https://api.harmonydata.ac.uk. Github actions does not host a running API so we cannot test locally."
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -29,9 +30,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install -r requirements.txt
-      - name: Delete unwanted tests
-        run: rm tests/*selenium* tests/*local*
+          pip install pytest requests
+      - name: Delete unwanted tests (1)
+        run: tests/*local*
+      - name: Delete unwanted tests (2)
+        run: rm tests/*selenium*
       - name: Test with pytest
         run: |
           pip install pytest