diff --git a/.github/workflows/scheduled.yaml b/.github/workflows/scheduled.yaml
index e696caac63..df66705fe6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scheduled.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/scheduled.yaml
@@ -5,12 +5,6 @@ on:
   schedule:
     - cron: '45 3 * * 0'
   workflow_dispatch:
-  # Section to be removed before action is merged
-  #  note: branch below needs to point to main instead of new-verdepcheck-strategy
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - verdepcheck_action
-  # end of section to be removed
 
 jobs:
   dependency-test:
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 4684a77c56..ee8d81ceea 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
 * Started deprecation of `summary_custom()` and `a_summary()` as a `S3` method.
 * Renamed statistical method for `p-value` in the discrete case to `pval_counts`.
 * Removed `a_summary_internal()` in favor of only one main `a_summary()`.
-
-## Miscellaneous
-
 * Specified minimal version of package dependencies.
 
 # tern 0.9.0