diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 764158b8c9..0952eb3d1d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -88,43 +88,7 @@ jobs:
         timeout-minutes: 10
         run: |
           cmake -B . -G Ninja
-          cmake --build .
-          src/curl -V
-
-      - name: 'perform analysis'
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@192325c86100d080feab897ff886c34abd4c83a3 # v3
-
-  c-debug:
-    name: 'C debug and some tests'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      security-events: write
-    steps:
-      - name: 'install prereqs'
-        timeout-minutes: 5
-        run: |
-          sudo rm -f /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-prod.list
-          sudo apt-get -o Dpkg::Use-Pty=0 update
-          sudo rm -f /var/lib/man-db/auto-update
-          sudo apt-get -o Dpkg::Use-Pty=0 install libpsl-dev libbrotli-dev libidn2-dev libssh2-1-dev libnghttp2-dev libldap-dev
-
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: 'initialize'
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@192325c86100d080feab897ff886c34abd4c83a3 # v3
-        with:
-          languages: cpp
-          build-mode: manual
-
-      - name: 'build'
-        timeout-minutes: 10
-        run: |
-          cmake -B . -G Ninja -DENABLE_DEBUG=ON
           cmake --build . --verbose
-          cmake --build . --verbose --target servers
-          cmake --build . --verbose --target tunits
           src/curl -V
 
       - name: 'perform analysis'