diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index b6b46d6d0..8bbd6cd36 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ commands =
     twine check dist/*.whl
 
     # check building wheels from the sdist
-    bash -c "ls dist/"
     bash -c "python -m pip wheel --verbose dist/metatensor_models-*.tar.gz -w dist/test"
 
 [flake8]