diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/test-k8s-deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/test-k8s-deploy.yml
index 5d33f221..b3aabb02 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/test-k8s-deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/test-k8s-deploy.yml
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ on:
     paths-ignore:
       - '.gitea/workflows/triggers/*'
 
-# Needed until we can incorporate docker startup into the executor container
-env:
-  DOCKER_HOST: unix:///var/run/dind.sock
-
 jobs:
   test:
     name: "Run deploy test suite on kind/k8s"
@@ -41,11 +37,6 @@ jobs:
         run: ./scripts/create_build_tag_file.sh
       - name: "Build local shiv package"
         run: ./scripts/build_shiv_package.sh
-      - name: Start dockerd # Also needed until we can incorporate into the executor
-        run: |
-          dockerd -H $DOCKER_HOST --userland-proxy=false &
-      - name: "Check container"
-        run: cat /usr/local/bin/entrypoint.sh
       - name: "Install kind"
         run: ./tests/scripts/install-kind.sh
       - name: "Install Kubectl"