diff --git a/.github/actions/docs-only/action.yaml b/.github/actions/docs-only/action.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7874e36e5..000000000
--- a/.github/actions/docs-only/action.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-name: Check Docs Only Changes
-description: A custom action to check if non-documentation files were changed in a pull request.
-inputs:
-  base_ref:
-    description: 'The base branch to compare against.'
-    required: true
-outputs:
-  docs_only:
-    value: ${{ steps.check_docs.outputs.docs_only }}
-    description: 'Set to true if non-docs files are changed.'
-runs:
-  using: "composite"
-  steps:
-    - name: Checkout code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-    - name: Get list of changed files
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        git fetch origin ${{ inputs.base_ref }}
-        git diff --name-only origin/${{ inputs.base_ref }} > changed_files.txt
-
-    - name: Check for non-docs changes
-      id: check_docs
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        if grep -qvE '\.(md|jpg|png|gif|svg)$|^docs/|^.vscode/|^.gitignore$|^renovate.json$|^.release-please-config.json$|^release-please-config.json$|^CODEOWNERS$|^LICENSE$' changed_files.txt; then
-          echo "docs_only=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        else
-          echo "docs_only=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/slim-dev-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/slim-dev-test.yaml
index fdb0a8b80..aaf804da4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/slim-dev-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/slim-dev-test.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    needs: check-only-non-docs-changes
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout the code