diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-bats.yml b/.github/workflows/docker-bats.yml
index 80effaad7..ca50d9a53 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-bats.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-bats.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ jobs:
           docker build \
             --build-arg="GO_LIBRARY=go1.23.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz" \
             --build-arg="AWS_CLI=awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" \
-            --build-arg="MC_FOLDER=linux-amd64" \
             --progress=plain \
             -f tests/Dockerfile_test_bats \
             -t bats_test .
diff --git a/tests/Dockerfile_direct b/tests/Dockerfile_direct
index 5e4ecc143..e3acef0da 100644
--- a/tests/Dockerfile_direct
+++ b/tests/Dockerfile_direct
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ARG SECRETS_FILE=tests/.secrets.direct
 ARG CONFIG_FILE=tests/.env.direct
 ARG AWS_CLI=awscli-exe-linux-aarch64.zip
-ARG MC_FOLDER=linux-arm64
 
 ENV TZ=Etc/UTC
 RUN apt-get update && \
@@ -28,12 +27,8 @@ WORKDIR /tmp
 # Install AWS cli
 RUN curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/${AWS_CLI}" -o "awscliv2.zip" && unzip awscliv2.zip && ./aws/install
 
-# Install mc
-RUN curl https://dl.min.io/client/mc/release/${MC_FOLDER}/mc \
-  --create-dirs \
-  -o /usr/local/minio-binaries/mc && \
-chmod -R 755 /usr/local/minio-binaries
-ENV PATH=/usr/local/minio-binaries:${PATH}
+# mc is not installed: dl.min.io no longer serves the MinIO client binaries
+# (HTTP 410), so the mc test suites are not run.
 
 # Create tester user
 RUN groupadd -r tester && useradd -r -g tester tester
diff --git a/tests/Dockerfile_test_bats b/tests/Dockerfile_test_bats
index f8d020518..2e2a48300 100644
--- a/tests/Dockerfile_test_bats
+++ b/tests/Dockerfile_test_bats
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
 ARG SECRETS_FILE=tests/.secrets
 ARG CONFIG_FILE=tests/.env.docker
 ARG GO_LIBRARY=go1.21.13.linux-${TARGETARCH}.tar.gz
-ARG MC_FOLDER=linux-${TARGETARCH}
 
 ENV TZ=Etc/UTC
 WORKDIR /tmp
@@ -24,12 +23,8 @@ RUN case "$TARGETARCH" in \
 # Install AWS cli
 RUN . ./arch.env && curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-${DOWNLOAD_ARCH}.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip" && unzip awscliv2.zip && ./aws/install
 
-# Install mc
-RUN curl -fL https://dl.min.io/client/mc/release/${MC_FOLDER}/mc \
-  --create-dirs \
-  -o /usr/local/minio-binaries/mc && \
-chmod -R 755 /usr/local/minio-binaries
-ENV PATH=/usr/local/minio-binaries:${PATH}
+# mc is not installed: dl.min.io no longer serves the MinIO client binaries
+# (HTTP 410), so the mc test suites are not run.
 
 # Download Go 1.21 (adjust the version and platform as needed)
 RUN wget https://golang.org/dl/${GO_LIBRARY}
@@ -92,4 +87,4 @@ ENV WORKSPACE=.
 ENV VERSITYGW_TEST_ENV=/home/tester/config/.env
 
 ENTRYPOINT ["tests/run.sh"]
-CMD ["s3api,s3,s3cmd,mc,rest"]
+CMD ["s3api,s3,s3cmd,rest"]