diff --git a/.github/actions/docker-build/action.yml b/.github/actions/docker-build/action.yml
index ed4617bd9c..b42a4bb773 100644
--- a/.github/actions/docker-build/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/docker-build/action.yml
@@ -62,12 +62,6 @@ runs:
       uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@e468171a9de216ec08956ac3ada2f0791b6bd435 #v3.11.1
       with:
         driver: docker
-    - name: Install awscli
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-$(uname -m).zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"
-        unzip awscliv2.zip
-        sudo ./aws/install
     - name: Login to ECR
       shell: bash
       env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/container-validation-backends.yml b/.github/workflows/container-validation-backends.yml
index b197838242..e2f4c82216 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/container-validation-backends.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/container-validation-backends.yml
@@ -55,12 +55,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
         with:
           driver: docker
-      - name: Install awscli
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-$(uname -m).zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"
-          unzip awscliv2.zip
-          sudo ./aws/install
       - name: Login to ECR
         shell: bash
         env:
@@ -369,7 +363,7 @@ jobs:
       MODEL_NAME: "Qwen/Qwen3-0.6B"
     steps: &deploy-test-steps
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set namespace and install dependencies
+    - name: Set namespace
       run: |
         # Set namespace using FRAMEWORK env var
         PROFILE_SANITIZED="${{ matrix.profile }}"
@@ -377,24 +371,6 @@ jobs:
         echo "NAMESPACE=gh-job-id-${{ github.run_id }}-${FRAMEWORK}-${PROFILE_SANITIZED}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
         set -x
-        # Install dependencies
-        sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y curl bash openssl gettext git jq
-
-        # Install yq
-        echo "Installing yq..."
-        curl -L https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/latest/download/yq_linux_amd64 -o yq
-        sudo chmod 755 yq
-        sudo mv yq /usr/local/bin/
-        # Install Helm
-        echo "Installing Helm..."
-        curl -fsSL -o get_helm.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/helm/helm/main/scripts/get-helm-3
-        sudo chmod 700 get_helm.sh
-        sudo ./get_helm.sh
-        # Install kubectl
-        curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
-        sudo chmod 755 kubectl
-        sudo mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/
-
         # Setup kubeconfig
         echo "${{ secrets.AZURE_AKS_CI_KUBECONFIG_B64 }}" | base64 -d > .kubeconfig
         chmod 600 .kubeconfig