diff --git a/sepal_ui/bin/module_deploy.py b/sepal_ui/bin/module_deploy.py
index 696bcf06..56e54412 100755
--- a/sepal_ui/bin/module_deploy.py
+++ b/sepal_ui/bin/module_deploy.py
@@ -196,7 +196,6 @@ def main() -> None:
     print("Export the env configuration of your module...")
 
     # check that the local folder is a module folder
-    Path.cwd() / "pyproject.toml"
     try:
         tomli.load("pyproject.toml")["sepal-ui"]["init-notebook"]
     except FileNotFoundError as e: