diff --git a/.github/workflows/canary-test-config/action.yaml b/.github/workflows/canary-test-config/action.yaml
index 358e08c02..4945390a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/canary-test-config/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/canary-test-config/action.yaml
@@ -4,13 +4,6 @@ description: Cluster setup for canary test
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
-    - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-      uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-      with:
-        # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-        # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-        tool-cache: true
-
     - name: setup golang
       uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-test-config-latest-k8s/action.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration-test-config-latest-k8s/action.yaml
index 071c60d0f..75a0fce09 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-test-config-latest-k8s/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-test-config-latest-k8s/action.yaml
@@ -8,13 +8,6 @@ inputs:
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
-    - name: Free Disk Space (Ubuntu)
-      uses: jlumbroso/free-disk-space@main
-      with:
-        # this might remove tools that are actually needed,
-        # if set to "true" but frees about 6 GB
-        tool-cache: true
-
     - name: setup golang
       uses: actions/setup-go@v5
       with: