diff --git a/.github/actions/debug-wait/action.yaml b/.github/actions/debug-wait/action.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 12d1b3bb3..000000000
--- a/.github/actions/debug-wait/action.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
----
-name: "Debug wait"
-description: "If debugging is enabled, wait"
-
-runs:
-  using: composite
-  steps:
-    - name: "Debug: SSH to runner"
-      uses: scality/actions/action-ssh-to-runner@1.8.0
-      continue-on-error: true
-      with:
-        tmate-server-host: ${{ env.TMATE_SERVER_HOST }}
-        tmate-server-port: ${{ env.TMATE_SERVER_PORT }}
-        tmate-server-rsa-fingerprint: ${{ env.TMATE_SERVER_RSA_FINGERPRINT }}
-        tmate-server-ed25519-fingerprint: ${{ env.TMATE_SERVER_ED25519_FINGERPRINT }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 6ffb63d52..aed8ebf0f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -6,12 +6,6 @@ on:
     branches-ignore:
     - 'development/**'
 
-env:
-  TMATE_SERVER_HOST: ${{ secrets.TMATE_SERVER_HOST }}
-  TMATE_SERVER_PORT: ${{ secrets.TMATE_SERVER_PORT }}
-  TMATE_SERVER_RSA_FINGERPRINT: ${{ secrets.TMATE_SERVER_RSA_FINGERPRINT }}
-  TMATE_SERVER_ED25519_FINGERPRINT: ${{ secrets.TMATE_SERVER_ED25519_FINGERPRINT }}
-
 jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -49,10 +43,6 @@ jobs:
         sudo sh -c "echo '127.0.0.1 testrequestbucket.localhost' >> /etc/hosts"
     - name: test and coverage
       run: yarn --silent coverage
-    - name: Debug wait
-      uses: ./.github/actions/debug-wait
-      timeout-minutes: 60
-      if: always()
     - name: run functional tests
       run: yarn ft_test
     - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4