diff --git a/.github/workflows/cloud-database-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/cloud-database-tests.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 11b6344555..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/cloud-database-tests.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-name: Cloud database tests
-on:
-  workflow_call:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      target:
-        description: Which managed database to test against
-        required: true
-        default: all
-        type: choice
-        options:
-          - all
-          - azure-sqlserver
-          - azure-postgresql
-          - aurora-postgresql
-          - rds-sqlserver
-env:
-  DOTNET_NOLOGO: true
-  # Its own region rather than the AWS_REGION secret the SQS tests use: that one is at its VPC
-  # ceiling, so RDS has no default VPC to place a publicly accessible instance in. us-east-2 already
-  # has one, has VPC headroom, and offers both instance classes these targets ask for.
-  AWS_DATABASE_REGION: us-east-2
-defaults:
-  run:
-    shell: pwsh
-concurrency:
-  # Deliberately not cancel-in-progress: cancelling a run mid-flight risks skipping the teardown
-  # step and leaving billable cloud resources behind.
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: false
-jobs:
-  plan:
-    name: Plan
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      targets: ${{ steps.select.outputs.targets }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Select targets
-        id: select
-        run: |
-          $all = @(
-            @{ target = 'azure-sqlserver';    provider = 'SqlServer'  }
-            @{ target = 'azure-postgresql';   provider = 'PostgreSql' }
-            @{ target = 'aurora-postgresql';  provider = 'PostgreSql' }
-            @{ target = 'rds-sqlserver';      provider = 'SqlServer'  }
-          )
-
-          # A tag push has no input, and runs everything.
-          $requested = '${{ inputs.target }}'
-          $targets = if (-not $requested -or $requested -eq 'all') { $all } else { $all | Where-Object { $_.target -eq $requested } }
-
-          if (-not $targets) {
-            throw "No cloud target named '$requested'."
-          }
-
-          $targets | ForEach-Object { Write-Output "Will test against $($_.target)" }
-
-          $matrix = @{ include = @($targets) }
-          "targets=$(ConvertTo-Json -InputObject $matrix -Compress -Depth 4)" | Out-File -FilePath $Env:GITHUB_OUTPUT -Encoding utf8 -Append
-
-  test:
-    name: ${{ matrix.target }}
-    needs: plan
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix: ${{ fromJSON(needs.plan.outputs.targets) }}
-    # The two suites that exercise the persister. Named outright rather than selected by test
-    # category, because the category also carries the transport tests, which test the queue
-    # transport against its own connection string and have no business running here.
-    env:
-      PERSISTENCE_PROJECT: src/ServiceControl.Persistence.Tests.${{ matrix.provider }}/ServiceControl.Persistence.Tests.${{ matrix.provider }}.csproj
-      ACCEPTANCE_PROJECT: src/ServiceControl.AcceptanceTests.${{ matrix.provider }}/ServiceControl.AcceptanceTests.${{ matrix.provider }}.csproj
-    steps:
-      - name: Check for secrets
-        env:
-          SECRETS_AVAILABLE: ${{ secrets.SECRETS_AVAILABLE }}
-        run: exit $(If ($env:SECRETS_AVAILABLE -eq 'true') { 0 } Else { 1 })
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v7.0.1
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Setup .NET SDK
-        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v6.0.0
-        with:
-          global-json-file: global.json
-      - name: Determine runtime version
-        run: |
-          # Read settings from Custom.Build.props
-          [xml]$xml = Get-Content ./src/Custom.Build.props
-          $runtimeVersion = $xml.selectNodes('/Project/PropertyGroup/RuntimeFrameworkVersion').InnerText
-          if (-not ($runtimeVersion)) {
-            throw "Missing RuntimeFrameworkVersion setting in Custom.Build.props"
-          }
-          echo "RuntimeVersion=$runtimeVersion" | Out-File -FilePath $Env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding utf-8 -Append
-      - name: Install .NET Runtime
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          ./tools/dotnet-install.sh --skip-non-versioned-files --install-dir /usr/share/dotnet --runtime dotnet --version ${{ env.RuntimeVersion }}
-          ./tools/dotnet-install.sh --skip-non-versioned-files --install-dir /usr/share/dotnet --runtime aspnetcore --version ${{ env.RuntimeVersion }}
-      - name: Build
-        id: build
-        background: true
-        run: |
-          dotnet build $Env:PERSISTENCE_PROJECT --configuration Release
-          dotnet build $Env:ACCEPTANCE_PROJECT --configuration Release
-      - name: Azure login
-        uses: azure/login@v3.0.2
-        if: startsWith(matrix.target, 'azure-')
-        with:
-          creds: ${{ secrets.AZURE_ACI_CREDENTIALS }}
-      - name: Setup AWS environment variables
-        if: startsWith(matrix.target, 'aurora-') || startsWith(matrix.target, 'rds-')
-        run: |
-          echo "AWS_REGION=${{ env.AWS_DATABASE_REGION }}" | Out-File -FilePath $Env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding utf-8 -Append
-          echo "AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}" | Out-File -FilePath $Env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding utf-8 -Append
-          echo "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}" | Out-File -FilePath $Env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding utf-8 -Append
-      # Unlike ci.yml, which holds its cloud resources back until the build is done, provisioning
-      # starts first: it is the long pole here at anywhere from 3 to 25 minutes, and the database is
-      # torn down by this action's post step whatever the job does afterwards.
-      #
-      # It has to come after the login steps above. Post steps run in reverse, so this one's teardown
-      # runs before azure/login's post step signs the CLI out from under it.
-      - name: Provision database
-        uses: ./.github/actions/cloud-database
-        with:
-          target: ${{ matrix.target }}
-          # The server is what isolates one run from another, so this has to be unique per run. It
-          # includes the attempt because run_id does not change when a run is retried, and the
-          # previous attempt's server may still be there or still be deleting.
-          name: sc-ct-${{ github.run_id }}-${{ github.run_attempt }}
-      - name: Wait for build
-        wait: build
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: ./tools/run-tests.ps1 -Projects "$Env:PERSISTENCE_PROJECT`n$Env:ACCEPTANCE_PROJECT" -MaxParallel 2
-        env:
-          ServiceControl_TESTS_FILTER: ${{ matrix.provider }}
-          PARTICULARSOFTWARE_LICENSE: ${{ secrets.LICENSETEXT }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e9f2fea97d..ac8149db33 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,4 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
   db-container:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-db-container.yml
-    secrets: inherit
-  cloud-tests:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/cloud-database-tests.yml
     secrets: inherit
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