diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-e2e-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-e2e-tests.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f806e93bd82d..0000000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-e2e-tests.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-name: e2e-tests
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  files-changed:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/files-changed.yml
-
-  test-e2e:
-    # the "test-e2e" won't pass, and it seems that there is no useful test, so skip
-    # if: needs.files-changed.outputs.backend == 'true' || needs.files-changed.outputs.frontend == 'true' || needs.files-changed.outputs.actions == 'true'
-    if: false
-    needs: files-changed
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v6
-        with:
-          go-version-file: go.mod
-          check-latest: true
-      - uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v5
-        with:
-          node-version: 24
-      - run: make deps-frontend frontend deps-backend
-      - run: pnpm exec playwright install --with-deps
-      - run: make test-e2e-sqlite
-        timeout-minutes: 40
-        env:
-          USE_REPO_TEST_DIR: 1
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 20a90a959dbee..4a7e73e5825a4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ SWAGGER_PACKAGE ?= github.com/go-swagger/go-swagger/cmd/swagger@v0.33.1
 XGO_PACKAGE ?= src.techknowlogick.com/xgo@latest
 GO_LICENSES_PACKAGE ?= github.com/google/go-licenses@v1
 GOVULNCHECK_PACKAGE ?= golang.org/x/vuln/cmd/govulncheck@v1
-ACTIONLINT_PACKAGE ?= github.com/rhysd/actionlint/cmd/actionlint@v1
+ACTIONLINT_PACKAGE ?= github.com/rhysd/actionlint/cmd/actionlint@v1.7.9
 GOPLS_PACKAGE ?= golang.org/x/tools/gopls@v0.20.0
 
 DOCKER_IMAGE ?= gitea/gitea
diff --git a/tests/e2e/README.md b/tests/e2e/README.md
index db083793d8b59..ea3805ab95c4f 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/README.md
+++ b/tests/e2e/README.md
@@ -17,13 +17,7 @@ make clean frontend
 
 ## Install playwright system dependencies
 ```
-npx playwright install-deps
-```
-
-
-## Run all tests via local act_runner
-```
-act_runner exec -W ./.github/workflows/pull-e2e-tests.yml --event=pull_request --default-actions-url="https://github.com" -i catthehacker/ubuntu:runner-latest
+pnpm exec playwright install-deps
 ```
 
 ## Run sqlite e2e tests
@@ -85,8 +79,8 @@ TEST_MSSQL_HOST=localhost:1433 TEST_MSSQL_DBNAME=test TEST_MSSQL_USERNAME=sa TES
 
 Although the main goal of e2e is assertion testing, we have added a framework for visual regress testing. If you are working on front-end features, please use the following:
  - Check out `main`, `make clean frontend`, and run e2e tests with `VISUAL_TEST=1` to generate outputs. This will initially fail, as no screenshots exist. You can run the e2e tests again to assert it passes.
- - Check out your branch, `make clean frontend`, and run e2e tests with `VISUAL_TEST=1`. You should be able to assert you front-end changes don't break any other tests unintentionally. 
+ - Check out your branch, `make clean frontend`, and run e2e tests with `VISUAL_TEST=1`. You should be able to assert you front-end changes don't break any other tests unintentionally.
 
-VISUAL_TEST=1 will create screenshots in tests/e2e/test-snapshots. The test will fail the first time this is enabled (until we get visual test image persistence figured out), because it will be testing against an empty screenshot folder. 
+VISUAL_TEST=1 will create screenshots in tests/e2e/test-snapshots. The test will fail the first time this is enabled (until we get visual test image persistence figured out), because it will be testing against an empty screenshot folder.
 
 ACCEPT_VISUAL=1 will overwrite the snapshot images with new images.