diff --git a/.github/workflows/__global-proxy.yml b/.github/workflows/__global-proxy.yml
index 1c230db094..1535e36897 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__global-proxy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__global-proxy.yml
@@ -48,18 +48,6 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 45
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-  # These steps are required to initialise the `gh` cli in a container that doesn't
-  # come pre-installed with it. The reason for that is that this is later
-  # needed by the `prepare-test` workflow to find the latest release of CodeQL.
-      - name: Set up GitHub CLI
-        run: |
-          apt update
-          apt install -y curl libreadline8 gnupg2 software-properties-common zstd
-          curl -fsSL https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg | dd of=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg
-          apt-key add /usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg
-          apt-add-repository https://cli.github.com/packages
-          apt install -y gh
-        env: {}
       - name: Check out repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - name: Prepare test
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/global-proxy.yml b/pr-checks/checks/global-proxy.yml
index b965eec3b0..0bcb0ce319 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/global-proxy.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/global-proxy.yml
@@ -3,19 +3,6 @@ description: "Tests using a proxy specified by the https_proxy environment varia
 versions: ["linked", "nightly-latest"]
 container:
   image: ubuntu:22.04
-container-init-steps:
-  # These steps are required to initialise the `gh` cli in a container that doesn't
-  # come pre-installed with it. The reason for that is that this is later
-  # needed by the `prepare-test` workflow to find the latest release of CodeQL. 
-  name: Set up GitHub CLI
-  run: |
-    apt update
-    apt install -y curl libreadline8 gnupg2 software-properties-common zstd
-    curl -fsSL https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg | dd of=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg
-    apt-key add /usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg
-    apt-add-repository https://cli.github.com/packages
-    apt install -y gh
-  env: {}
 services:
   squid-proxy:
     image: ubuntu/squid:latest