diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 3928b4f7aee..d6998c534a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ jobs:
           mv fuel-core-${{ needs.get-fuel-core-version.outputs.fuel_core_version }}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/fuel-core /usr/local/bin/fuel-core
       - name: Cargo Run E2E Tests (Fuel VM)
         run: |
-          fuel-core run --db-type in-memory --debug --snapshot ./.github/workflows/local-testnode & 
+          fuel-core run --db-type in-memory --debug & 
           sleep 5 &&
           cargo run --locked --release --bin test -- --locked
 
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ jobs:
           mv fuel-core-${{ needs.get-fuel-core-version.outputs.fuel_core_version }}-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/fuel-core /usr/local/bin/fuel-core
       - name: Cargo Run E2E Tests (Fuel VM)
         run: |
-          fuel-core run --db-type in-memory --debug --snapshot ./.github/workflows/local-testnode & 
+          fuel-core run --db-type in-memory --debug & 
           sleep 5 &&
           cargo run --locked --release --bin test -- --locked --release
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/local-testnode/chain_config.json b/.github/workflows/local-testnode/chain_config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 334f6f89508..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/local-testnode/chain_config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,271 +0,0 @@
-{
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-          "max_size": 262144,
-          "max_bytecode_subsections": 256
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-          "max_predicate_data_length": 102400,
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/local-testnode/metadata.json b/.github/workflows/local-testnode/metadata.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d12c38b64e..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/local-testnode/metadata.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "chain_config": "chain_config.json",
-  "table_encoding": {
-    "Json": {
-      "filepath": "state_config.json"
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/local-testnode/state_config.json b/.github/workflows/local-testnode/state_config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 879ee797e15..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/local-testnode/state_config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-{
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-      "tx_id": "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001",
-      "output_index": 0,
-      "tx_pointer_block_height": 0,
-      "tx_pointer_tx_idx": 0,
-      "states": [],
-      "balances": []
-    }
-  ],
-  "last_block": null
-}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/local-testnode/state_transition_bytecode.wasm b/.github/workflows/local-testnode/state_transition_bytecode.wasm
deleted file mode 100755
index 7547b6d1b09..00000000000
Binary files a/.github/workflows/local-testnode/state_transition_bytecode.wasm and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/forc-plugins/forc-client/tests/deploy.rs b/forc-plugins/forc-client/tests/deploy.rs
index d6ca5c6c858..3f786293792 100644
--- a/forc-plugins/forc-client/tests/deploy.rs
+++ b/forc-plugins/forc-client/tests/deploy.rs
@@ -24,15 +24,6 @@ fn get_workspace_root() -> PathBuf {
         .unwrap()
 }
 
-/// Return the path to the chain config file which is expected to be in
-/// `.github/workflows/local-node` from sway repo root.
-fn chain_config_path() -> PathBuf {
-    get_workspace_root()
-        .join(".github")
-        .join("workflows")
-        .join("local-testnode")
-}
-
 fn test_data_path() -> PathBuf {
     PathBuf::from(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"))
         .join("test")
@@ -44,7 +35,6 @@ fn test_data_path() -> PathBuf {
 fn run_node() -> (Child, Port) {
     let port = portpicker::pick_unused_port().expect("No ports free");
 
-    let chain_config = chain_config_path();
     let child = Command::new("fuel-core")
         .arg("run")
         .arg("--debug")
@@ -52,8 +42,6 @@ fn run_node() -> (Child, Port) {
         .arg("in-memory")
         .arg("--port")
         .arg(port.to_string())
-        .arg("--snapshot")
-        .arg(format!("{}", chain_config.display()))
         .spawn()
         .expect("Failed to start fuel-core");
     (child, port)