diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_deploy.yml
index caa31a67a9..68eec5d4b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_deploy.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ jobs:
   smoke-test-backend:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
-      - extract-versions
       - backend-build
     environment:
       name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
@@ -81,7 +80,6 @@ jobs:
   smoke-test-frontend:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
-      - extract-versions
       - frontend-main-build
     environment:
       name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
@@ -96,7 +94,6 @@ jobs:
   deploy-containers:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
-      - extract-versions
       - smoke-test-backend
       - smoke-test-frontend
     environment: