diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 0f3c270794..4abf14970b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -135,7 +135,6 @@ jobs:
           make -C docs \
             clean \
             html \
-            slides \
             linkcheck \
             SPHINXOPTS='-Wn --keep-going' \
             FORCE_COLOR=true \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index 87bf83917f..db10af6b9b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ jobs:
           builddir="nightly_${{ matrix.meta_release }}"
           make -C docs \
             html \
-            slides \
             linkcheck \
             SPHINXOPTS="-Wn --keep-going -A sidebar_version_name=${version}" \
             STABLE=false \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 4a130a290c..d8a0b0e58f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: build & test
         run: |
-          make html slides spelling linkcheck doctest \
+          make html spelling linkcheck doctest \
             SPHINXOPTS='-Wn --keep-going' FORCE_COLOR=true
 
       - name: debug sphinx failure