diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3a78bb4b2d3..da57dcc4e7d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ analyse-imports : phony
 	find Cabal/src cabal-install/src -type f -name '*.hs' | xargs cabal v2-run --builddir=dist-newstyle-meta --project-file=cabal.project.meta analyse-imports --
 
 # github actions
-github-actions : .github/workflows/artifacts.yml
 github-actions : .github/workflows/quick-jobs.yml
 github-actions : .github/workflows/bootstrap.yml
 github-actions : .github/workflows/linux.yml
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index a6730bed393..da10194360a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 [![Hackage version](https://img.shields.io/hackage/v/Cabal.svg?label=Hackage)](https://hackage.haskell.org/package/Cabal)
 [![Stackage version](https://www.stackage.org/package/Cabal/badge/lts?label=Stackage)](https://www.stackage.org/package/Cabal)
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 [![Documentation Status](http://readthedocs.org/projects/cabal/badge/?version=latest)](http://cabal.readthedocs.io/en/latest/?badge=latest)
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