diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-and-deploy-ipv4only.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-and-deploy-ipv4only.yaml
index f3e9eda9..3871f73b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-and-deploy-ipv4only.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-and-deploy-ipv4only.yaml
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ jobs:
           rsync -avz dkimkeys-restore/dkimkeys root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org:/etc/ || true
           ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v root@staging-ipv4.testrun.org chown root:root -R /var/lib/acme || true
 
-      - name: run formatting checks 
-        run: cmdeploy fmt -v 
-
       - name: run deploy-chatmail offline tests 
         run: pytest --pyargs cmdeploy 
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-and-deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-and-deploy.yaml
index 53aa79a8..c78923e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-and-deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-and-deploy.yaml
@@ -70,9 +70,6 @@ jobs:
           rsync -avz dkimkeys-restore/dkimkeys root@staging2.testrun.org:/etc/ || true
           ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v root@staging2.testrun.org chown root:root -R /var/lib/acme || true
 
-      - name: run formatting checks 
-        run: cmdeploy fmt -v 
-
       - name: run deploy-chatmail offline tests 
         run: pytest --pyargs cmdeploy