diff --git a/.github/workflows/deps.yml b/.github/workflows/deps.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a397d260..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/deps.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,163 +0,0 @@
-name: Dependencies
-
-on:
-  workflow_call:
-    inputs:
-      cargo_profiles:
-        type: string
-        description: Cargo profiles
-      feat_sets:
-        type: string
-        description: Cargo feature groups
-      rust_toolchains:
-        type: string
-        description: Rust toolchains
-      sys_names:
-        type: string
-        description: System names
-      sys_versions:
-        type: string
-        description: System versions
-      rust_targets:
-        type: string
-        description: Rust targets
-      sys_targets:
-        type: string
-        description: System targets
-      machines:
-        type: string
-        description: Hardware platform vector
-      excludes:
-        type: string
-        default: '[]'
-        description: Matrix exclusions
-      includes:
-        type: string
-        default: '[]'
-        description: Matrix inclusions
-      show_systems:
-        type: boolean
-        default: true
-        description: Pre-build systems dependency targets
-      show_sources:
-        type: boolean
-        default: true
-        description: Pre-build sources dependency targets
-      show_rocksdb:
-        type: boolean
-        default: true
-        description: Pre-build rocksdb dependency targets
-      show_cargo:
-        type: boolean
-        default: true
-        description: Pre-build cargo dependency targets
-
-jobs:
-  systems:
-    if: >
-      !failure() && !cancelled()
-      && inputs.show_systems
-
-    name: System
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/bake.yml
-    with:
-      bake_targets: '["systems"]'
-      cargo_profiles: ${{inputs.cargo_profiles}}
-      feat_sets: ${{inputs.feat_sets}}
-      rust_toolchains: ${{inputs.rust_toolchains}}
-      sys_names: ${{inputs.sys_names}}
-      sys_versions: ${{inputs.sys_versions}}
-      rust_targets: ${{inputs.rust_targets}}
-      sys_targets: ${{inputs.sys_targets}}
-      machines: ${{inputs.machines}}
-      excludes: ${{inputs.excludes}}
-      includes: ${{inputs.includes}}
-
-  buildsys:
-    if: >
-      !failure() && !cancelled()
-      && inputs.show_systems
-
-    name: Builder
-    needs: [systems]
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/bake.yml
-    with:
-      bake_targets: '["rust"]'
-      cargo_profiles: ${{inputs.cargo_profiles}}
-      feat_sets: ${{inputs.feat_sets}}
-      rust_toolchains: ${{inputs.rust_toolchains}}
-      sys_names: ${{inputs.sys_names}}
-      sys_versions: ${{inputs.sys_versions}}
-      rust_targets: ${{inputs.rust_targets}}
-      sys_targets: ${{inputs.sys_targets}}
-      machines: ${{inputs.machines}}
-      excludes: ${{inputs.excludes}}
-      includes: ${{inputs.includes}}
-
-  sources:
-    if: >
-      !failure() && !cancelled()
-      && inputs.show_sources
-
-    name: Acquire
-    needs: [buildsys]
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/bake.yml
-    with:
-      bake_targets: '["sources"]'
-      cargo_profiles: ${{inputs.cargo_profiles}}
-      feat_sets: ${{inputs.feat_sets}}
-      rust_toolchains: ${{inputs.rust_toolchains}}
-      sys_names: ${{inputs.sys_names}}
-      sys_versions: ${{inputs.sys_versions}}
-      rust_targets: ${{inputs.rust_targets}}
-      sys_targets: ${{inputs.sys_targets}}
-      machines: ${{inputs.machines}}
-      excludes: ${{inputs.excludes}}
-      includes: ${{inputs.includes}}
-
-  rocksdb:
-    if: >
-      !failure() && !cancelled()
-      && inputs.show_rocksdb
-
-    name: RocksDB
-    needs: [sources]
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/bake.yml
-    with:
-      bake_targets: '["rocksdb"]'
-      cargo_profiles: ${{inputs.cargo_profiles}}
-      feat_sets: ${{inputs.feat_sets}}
-      rust_toolchains: ${{inputs.rust_toolchains}}
-      sys_names: ${{inputs.sys_names}}
-      sys_versions: ${{inputs.sys_versions}}
-      rust_targets: ${{inputs.rust_targets}}
-      sys_targets: ${{inputs.sys_targets}}
-      machines: ${{inputs.machines}}
-      excludes: ${{inputs.excludes}}
-      includes: ${{inputs.includes}}
-
-  deps:
-    if: >
-      !failure() && !cancelled()
-      && inputs.show_cargo
-
-    name: Build
-    needs: [rocksdb]
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/bake.yml
-    with:
-      bake_targets: >
-        [
-          "deps-clippy",
-          "deps-build-tests",
-          "deps-build-bins"
-        ]
-      cargo_profiles: ${{inputs.cargo_profiles}}
-      feat_sets: ${{inputs.feat_sets}}
-      rust_toolchains: ${{inputs.rust_toolchains}}
-      sys_names: ${{inputs.sys_names}}
-      sys_versions: ${{inputs.sys_versions}}
-      rust_targets: ${{inputs.rust_targets}}
-      sys_targets: ${{inputs.sys_targets}}
-      machines: ${{inputs.machines}}
-      excludes: ${{inputs.excludes}}
-      includes: ${{inputs.includes}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index bf5cb40e..b99a2bdb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -89,28 +89,6 @@ jobs:
         draft: ${{ contains(github.ref, '-draft') }}
         prerelease: ${{ contains(github.ref, '-rc') }}
 
-  ## commented due to https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/18001
-  #deps:
-  #  if: ${{fromJSON(vars.CI_VERBOSE_DEPS || 'false')}}
-  #  name: Deps
-  #  needs: [init]
-  #  uses: ./.github/workflows/deps.yml
-  #  with:
-  #    cargo_profiles: ${{needs.init.outputs.cargo_profiles}}
-  #    feat_sets: ${{needs.init.outputs.feat_sets}}
-  #    rust_toolchains: ${{needs.init.outputs.rust_toolchains}}
-  #    rust_targets: ${{needs.init.outputs.rust_targets}}
-  #    sys_names: ${{needs.init.outputs.sys_names}}
-  #    sys_targets: ${{needs.init.outputs.sys_targets}}
-  #    sys_versions: ${{needs.init.outputs.sys_versions}}
-  #    machines: ${{needs.init.outputs.machines}}
-  #    excludes: >
-  #      [
-  #        {"cargo_profile": "release-debuginfo", "rust_toolchain": "nightly"},
-  #        {"cargo_profile": "release-native", "rust_toolchain": "stable"},
-  #        {"cargo_profile": "release-native", "feat_set": "none"}
-  #      ]
-
   lint:
     if: >
       !failure() && !cancelled()