diff --git a/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/get_extrn_ics.local.lua b/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/get_extrn_ics.local.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index d371c08301..0000000000
--- a/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/get_extrn_ics.local.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-load("miniconda_regional_workflow")
diff --git a/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/get_extrn_lbcs.local.lua b/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/get_extrn_lbcs.local.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index d371c08301..0000000000
--- a/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/get_extrn_lbcs.local.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-load("miniconda_regional_workflow")
diff --git a/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/make_grid.local.lua b/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/make_grid.local.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index d371c08301..0000000000
--- a/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/make_grid.local.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-load("miniconda_regional_workflow")
diff --git a/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/make_ics.local.lua b/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/make_ics.local.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index d371c08301..0000000000
--- a/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/make_ics.local.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-load("miniconda_regional_workflow")
diff --git a/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/make_lbcs.local.lua b/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/make_lbcs.local.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index d371c08301..0000000000
--- a/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/make_lbcs.local.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-load("miniconda_regional_workflow")
diff --git a/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/make_orog.local.lua b/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/make_orog.local.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index d371c08301..0000000000
--- a/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/make_orog.local.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-load("miniconda_regional_workflow")
diff --git a/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/miniconda_regional_workflow.lua b/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/miniconda_regional_workflow.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index dd8ec8f7e4..0000000000
--- a/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/miniconda_regional_workflow.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-prepend_path("MODULEPATH", "/lustre/f2/dev/role.epic/contrib/modulefiles")
-load(pathJoin("miniconda3", os.getenv("miniconda3_ver") or "4.12.0"))
-
-setenv("SRW_ENV", "regional_workflow")
diff --git a/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/run_fcst.local.lua b/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/run_fcst.local.lua
deleted file mode 100644
index d371c08301..0000000000
--- a/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/run_fcst.local.lua
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-load("miniconda_regional_workflow")
diff --git a/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/run_vx.local.lua b/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/run_vx.local.lua
index 85e2bc2053..8586a7984a 100644
--- a/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/run_vx.local.lua
+++ b/modulefiles/tasks/gaea/run_vx.local.lua
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-load("miniconda_regional_workflow")
+--load("miniconda_regional_workflow")
 prepend_path("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", "/ncrc/sw/gaea-cle7/python/3.9/anaconda-base/envs/noaa_py3.9/lib")
diff --git a/ush/load_modules_run_task.sh b/ush/load_modules_run_task.sh
index efd14c88ab..9059b1c492 100755
--- a/ush/load_modules_run_task.sh
+++ b/ush/load_modules_run_task.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/bin/bash -l
 
 #
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -184,10 +184,6 @@ module list
 if [ -n "${SRW_ENV:-}" ] ; then
   set +u
   conda activate ${SRW_ENV}
-  if [ $machine = "gaea" ]; then
-     conda deactivate
-     conda activate ${SRW_ENV}
-  fi
   set -u
 fi