diff --git a/.github/scripts/validate_binaries.sh b/.github/scripts/validate_binaries.sh
index 357b91621..6ce3dd70b 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/validate_binaries.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/validate_binaries.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ else
 
 
         # Special case Pypi installation package, only applicable to linux nightly CUDA 11.7 builds, wheel package
-        if [[ ${TARGET_OS} == 'linux'  && ${MATRIX_GPU_ARCH_VERSION} == '11.7' && ${MATRIX_PACKAGE_TYPE} == 'manywheel' ]]; then
+        if [[ ${TARGET_OS} == 'linux' && ${MATRIX_GPU_ARCH_VERSION} == '11.7' && ${MATRIX_PACKAGE_TYPE} == 'manywheel' && ${MATRIX_CHANNEL} != 'nightly' ]]; then
             conda create -yp ${ENV_NAME}_pypi python=${MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION} numpy ffmpeg
             INSTALLATION_PYPI=${MATRIX_INSTALLATION/"cu117"/"cu117_pypi_cudnn"}
             INSTALLATION_PYPI=${INSTALLATION_PYPI/"torchvision torchaudio"/""}
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ else
         conda create -y -n ${ENV_NAME} python=${MATRIX_PYTHON_VERSION} numpy ffmpeg
         conda activate ${ENV_NAME}
         INSTALLATION=${MATRIX_INSTALLATION/"conda install"/"conda install -y"}
-        INSTALLATION=${INSTALLATION/"extra-index-url"/"index-url"}
         eval $INSTALLATION
 
         if [[ ${TARGET_OS} == 'linux' ]]; then
diff --git a/test/smoke_test/smoke_test.py b/test/smoke_test/smoke_test.py
index 4e9eaaf31..604fa7d44 100644
--- a/test/smoke_test/smoke_test.py
+++ b/test/smoke_test/smoke_test.py
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 def check_version(package: str) -> None:
     # only makes sense to check nightly package where dates are known
     if channel == "nightly":
-        check_nightly_binaries_date(options.package)
+        check_nightly_binaries_date(package)
     else:
         if not torch.__version__.startswith(stable_version):
             raise RuntimeError(