diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index feb999b04ebd4..64c5ec0e43046 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -709,7 +709,6 @@ jobs:
       - test-e2e
       - offlinedocs
       - sqlc-vet
-      - dependency-license-review
     # Allow this job to run even if the needed jobs fail, are skipped or
     # cancelled.
     if: always()
@@ -726,7 +725,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "- test-js: ${{ needs.test-js.result }}"
           echo "- test-e2e: ${{ needs.test-e2e.result }}"
           echo "- offlinedocs: ${{ needs.offlinedocs.result }}"
-          echo "- dependency-license-review: ${{ needs.dependency-license-review.result }}"
           echo
 
           # We allow skipped jobs to pass, but not failed or cancelled jobs.
@@ -968,43 +966,3 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup and run sqlc vet
         run: |
           make sqlc-vet
-
-  # dependency-license-review checks that no license-incompatible dependencies have been introduced.
-  # This action is not intended to do a vulnerability check since that is handled by a separate action.
-  dependency-license-review:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' && github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
-    steps:
-      - name: "Checkout Repository"
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: "Dependency Review"
-        id: review
-        uses: actions/dependency-review-action@v4.3.2
-        with:
-          allow-licenses: Apache-2.0, 0BSD, BSD-2-Clause, BSD-3-Clause, CC0-1.0, ISC, MIT, MIT-0, MPL-2.0, OFL-1.1, BSD-3-Clause-Clear
-          allow-dependencies-licenses: "pkg:golang/github.com/coder/wgtunnel@0.1.13-0.20240522110300-ade90dfb2da0, pkg:npm/pako@1.0.11, pkg:npm/caniuse-lite@1.0.30001639, pkg:githubactions/alwaysmeticulous/report-diffs-action/cloud-compute"
-          license-check: true
-          vulnerability-check: false
-      - name: "Report"
-        # make sure this step runs even if the previous failed
-        if: always()
-        shell: bash
-        env:
-          VULNERABLE_CHANGES: ${{ steps.review.outputs.invalid-license-changes }}
-        run: |
-          fields=( "unlicensed" "unresolved" "forbidden" )
-
-          # This is unfortunate that we have to do this but the action does not support failing on
-          # an unknown license. The unknown dependency could easily have a GPL license which
-          # would be problematic for us.
-          # Track https://github.com/actions/dependency-review-action/issues/672 for when
-          # we can remove this brittle workaround.
-          for field in "${fields[@]}"; do
-            # Use jq to check if the array is not empty
-            if [[ $(echo "$VULNERABLE_CHANGES" | jq ".${field} | length") -ne 0 ]]; then
-              echo "Invalid or unknown licenses detected, contact @sreya to ensure your added dependency falls under one of our allowed licenses."
-              echo "$VULNERABLE_CHANGES" | jq
-              exit 1
-            fi
-          done
-          echo "No incompatible licenses detected"