diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a7d48164..efab7714 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ jobs:
 
   publish_pypi_linux:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: publish_crates
     strategy:
       matrix:
         architecture: [ "x86_64", "aarch64" ]
@@ -74,7 +73,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           submodules: true
-      - run: sed -i 's/path="..\/lib", //g' python/Cargo.toml
       - run: sed 's/%arch%/${{ matrix.architecture }}/g' .github/workflows/manylinux_build.sh > .github/workflows/manylinux_build_script.sh
       - run: docker run -v "$(pwd)":/workdir --platform linux/${{ matrix.architecture }} quay.io/pypa/manylinux2014_${{ matrix.architecture }} /bin/bash /workdir/.github/workflows/manylinux_build_script.sh
       - uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
@@ -88,7 +86,6 @@ jobs:
 
   publish_pypi_mac:
     runs-on: macos-latest
-    needs: publish_crates
     env:
       DEVELOPER_DIR: '/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer'
       SDKROOT: '/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Platforms/MacOSX.platform/Developer/SDKs/MacOSX.sdk'
@@ -102,7 +99,6 @@ jobs:
           python-version: 3.7
       - run: rustup update && rustup target add aarch64-apple-darwin
       - run: pip install maturin
-      - run: sed -i 's/path="..\/lib", //g' python/Cargo.toml
       - run: maturin build --release --no-sdist --universal2 -m python/Cargo.toml
       - run: maturin build --release --no-sdist -m python/Cargo.toml
       - uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
@@ -116,7 +112,6 @@ jobs:
 
   publish_pypi_windows:
     runs-on: windows-latest
-    needs: publish_crates
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
@@ -127,7 +122,6 @@ jobs:
       - run: rustup update
       - run: pip install maturin
       - run: Remove-Item -LiteralPath "C:\msys64\" -Force -Recurse
-      - run: sed -i 's/path="..\/lib", //g' python/Cargo.toml
       - run: maturin build --release --no-sdist -m python/Cargo.toml
       - uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
@@ -140,13 +134,11 @@ jobs:
 
   publish_pypi_stdist:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: publish_crates
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           submodules: true
       - run: pip install maturin
-      - run: sed -i 's/path="..\/lib", //g' python/Cargo.toml
       - run: maturin sdist -m python/Cargo.toml
       - uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index 7fac216a..5e8eb011 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,3 @@ Documentation = "https://oxigraph.org/pyoxigraph/"
 Homepage = "https://oxigraph.org/pyoxigraph/"
 Source = "https://github.com/oxigraph/oxigraph/tree/master/python"
 Tracker = "https://github.com/oxigraph/oxigraph/issues"
-
-[tool.maturin]
-cargo-extra-args = "--frozen"