diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 66e2cf3..72c0921 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,14 +3,6 @@
 This repository contains the Jenkins Pipelines used for the EDC CI:
 https://ci.eclipse.org/edc/
 
-## [github-action](./github-action.groovy)
-Starts a GitHub action workflow and waits for its completion.
-
-Variables:
-- `OWNER`: the organization name
-- `REPO`: the repository name
-- `WORKFLOW`: the workflow to be launched
-
 ## [nightly.groovy](./nightly.groovy)
 Builds and publish all the components every night.
 
diff --git a/github-action.groovy b/github-action.groovy
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b890f0..0000000
--- a/github-action.groovy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-pipeline {
-    agent any
-    stages {
-        stage("start-github-workflow") {
-            steps {
-                withCredentials([usernamePassword(credentialsId: 'github-bot', passwordVariable: 'BOTTOKEN', usernameVariable: 'BOT')]) {
-                    sh './scripts/start_build.sh $OWNER $REPO $WORKFLOW $BOT $BOTTOKEN'
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        stage("wait-until-job-created") {
-            steps {
-                timeout(30) {
-                    withCredentials([usernamePassword(credentialsId: 'github-bot', passwordVariable: 'BOTTOKEN', usernameVariable: 'BOT')]) {
-                        // this will create a file "run.id" that contains the run-id
-                        sh './scripts/wait_job_created.sh $OWNER $REPO $WORKFLOW $BOT $BOTTOKEN'
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        stage("wait-until-job-completed") {
-            steps {
-                script {
-                    run_id = readFile('run.id')
-                    currentBuild.displayName = "$OWNER/$REPO/$WORKFLOW/$run_id"
-                }
-                timeout(60) {
-                    withCredentials([usernamePassword(credentialsId: 'github-bot', passwordVariable: 'BOTTOKEN', usernameVariable: 'BOT')]) {
-                        sh './scripts/wait_job_completed.sh $OWNER $REPO $BOT $BOTTOKEN'
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/scripts/github_action.sh b/scripts/github_action.sh
index 7f863ad..8a98f3c 100755
--- a/scripts/github_action.sh
+++ b/scripts/github_action.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ elif [ "$#" -eq 5 ]; then
   PARAMS=(-u "$USER":"$PWD" -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json")
 
 else
-  echo "Usage: start_build.sh OWNER REPO WORKFLOW USER [PWD]"
+  echo "Usage: github_action.sh OWNER REPO WORKFLOW USER [PWD]"
   echo "OWNER    = the owner/org of the github repo"
   echo "REPO     = the name of the github repo"
   echo "WORKFLOW = the name of the workflow file to run, or its ID"
diff --git a/scripts/start_build.sh b/scripts/start_build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d0ed4fa..0000000
--- a/scripts/start_build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-OWNER="$1"
-REPO="$2"
-WORKFLOW="$3"
-USER="$4"
-PWD="$5"
-
-if [ "$#" -eq 4 ]; then
-  # use cURL with a Personal Access Token
-  echo "Using USER as personal access token for the GitHub API"
-  PARAMS=(-H "Authorization: Bearer $USER" -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json")
-
-elif [ "$#" -eq 5 ]; then
-  # use basic auth with cUrl
-  echo "Using USER/PWD authentication for the GitHub API"
-  PARAMS=(-u "$USER":"$PWD" -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json")
-
-else
-  echo "Usage: start_build.sh OWNER REPO WORKFLOW USER [PWD]"
-  echo "OWNER    = the owner/org of the github repo"
-  echo "REPO     = the name of the github repo"
-  echo "WORKFLOW = the name of the workflow file to run, or its ID"
-  echo "USER     = the username to use for authentication against the GitHub API, or an API token"
-  echo "PWD      = the password of USER. if not specified, USER will be interpreted as token"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-curl --location --request POST "https://api.github.com/repos/$OWNER/$REPO/actions/workflows/$WORKFLOW/dispatches" \
-  "${PARAMS[@]}" \
-  --data-raw '{
-      "ref": "main"
-  }'
diff --git a/scripts/wait_job_completed.sh b/scripts/wait_job_completed.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index bfebf7a..0000000
--- a/scripts/wait_job_completed.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-OWNER="$1"
-REPO="$2"
-USER="$3"
-PWD="$4"
-
-if [ "$#" -eq 3 ]; then
-  # use cURL with a Personal Access Token
-  echo "Using USER as personal access token for the GitHub API"
-  PARAMS=(-H "Authorization: Bearer $USER" -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json")
-elif [ "$#" -eq 4 ]; then
-  # use basic auth with cUrl
-  echo "Using USER/PWD authentication for the GitHub API"
-  PARAMS=(-u "$USER":"$PWD" -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json")
-else
-  echo "Usage: wait_job_completion.sh OWNER REPO USER [PWD]"
-  echo "OWNER    = the owner/org of the github repo"
-  echo "REPO     = the name of the github repo"
-  echo "USER     = the username to use for authentication against the GitHub API, or an API token"
-  echo "PWD      = the password of USER. if not specified, USER will be interpreted as token"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-RUN_ID=$(cat ./run.id)
-
-while [ "$status" != "completed" ]; do
-  json=$(curl --fail -sSl "${PARAMS[@]}" -X GET "https://api.github.com/repos/${OWNER}/${REPO}/actions/runs/${RUN_ID}")
-  status=$(echo "$json" | jq -r '.status')
-  conclusion=$(echo "$json" | jq -r '.conclusion')
-  echo "$(date) :: Run $RUN_ID is $status"
-  sleep 30 # sleep for 30 seconds before we check again, lets keep API requests low
-done
-
-echo "Run completed, conclusion: $conclusion"
diff --git a/scripts/wait_job_created.sh b/scripts/wait_job_created.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 8fbad72..0000000
--- a/scripts/wait_job_created.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-OWNER="$1"
-REPO="$2"
-WORKFLOW="$3"
-USER="$4"
-PWD="$5"
-
-if [ "$#" -eq 4 ]; then
-  # use cURL with a Personal Access Token
-  echo "Using USER as personal access token for the GitHub API"
-  PARAMS=(-H "Authorization: Bearer $USER" -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json")
-
-elif
-  [ "$#" -eq 5 ]
-then
-  # use basic auth with cUrl
-  echo "Using USER/PWD authentication for the GitHub API"
-  PARAMS=(-u "$USER":"$PWD" -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json")
-
-else
-  echo "Usage: start_build.sh OWNER REPO WORKFLOW USER [PWD]"
-  echo "OWNER    = the owner/org of the github repo"
-  echo "REPO     = the name of the github repo"
-  echo "WORKFLOW = the name of the workflow file to run, or its ID"
-  echo "USER     = the username to use for authentication against the GitHub API, or an API token"
-  echo "PWD      = the password of USER. if not specified, USER will be interpreted as token"
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-numRuns=0
-echo "Waiting for run to start"
-while [ "$numRuns" -le "0" ]; do
-  sleep 3
-  # fetch the latest run triggered by a workflow_dispatch event
-  runs=$(curl --fail -sSl "${PARAMS[@]}" -X GET "https://api.github.com/repos/${OWNER}/${REPO}/actions/workflows/${WORKFLOW}/runs?event=workflow_dispatch&status=in_progress")
-  numRuns=$(echo "$runs" | jq -r '.total_count')
-  echo " - found $numRuns"
-done
-
-# contains the ID of the latest/most recent run
-RUN_ID=$(echo "$runs" | jq -r '.workflow_runs[0].id')
-
-echo "$RUN_ID" > ./run.id