diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_branch.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_branch.yaml
index c5fe9238..f0980163 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_branch.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_branch.yaml
@@ -35,28 +35,18 @@ jobs:
             runs_on: cloud-image-runner-arm64
 
     steps:
+      # The github runners have a lot of space in /mnt, but apparently not enough in /. This step removes about 13G.
+      - name: remove unneeded runner software
+        run: |
+          df -h
+          du -chs     /usr/share/dotnet /usr/local/lib/android /opt/microsoft || true
+          sudo rm -fr /usr/share/dotnet /usr/local/lib/android /opt/microsoft || true
+          sudo docker image prune --all --force || true
+          df -h
+
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Install docker (arm64 beta)
-        if: matrix.platform == 'arm64'
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y ca-certificates curl acl build-essential
-          sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
-          sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
-          sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
-
-          echo \
-            "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
-            $(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" | \
-            sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
-          sudo apt-get update
-
-          sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
-          sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
-          sudo setfacl --modify user:$USER:rw /var/run/docker.sock
-
       - name: Login to Docker Hub
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with: