diff --git a/.github/actions/kots-e2e/action.yml b/.github/actions/kots-e2e/action.yml
index 81e9cd4fa2..173895fba2 100644
--- a/.github/actions/kots-e2e/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/kots-e2e/action.yml
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ inputs:
     description: 'AWS region for uploading support bundle'
     default: 'us-east-1'
     required: false
-  gke-service-key:
-    description: 'Service key to authenticate a Google Cloud service account'
-    required: false
   replicated-api-token:
     description: 'Replicated API token for C11y matrix'
     required: false
@@ -76,12 +73,6 @@ outputs:
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
-    # - name: Create a GKE cluster
-    #   if: inputs.k8s-distribution == 'gke'
-    #   uses: ./.github/actions/kots-gke-create
-    #   with:
-    #     service-key: ${{ inputs.gke-service-key }}
-
     - name: Create a local k3s cluster
       if: inputs.k8s-distribution == 'k3s-local'
       uses: replicatedhq/action-k3s@main
@@ -159,9 +150,3 @@ runs:
       with:
         api-token: ${{ inputs.replicated-api-token }}
         cluster-id: ${{ steps.create-cluster.outputs.cluster-id }}
-
-    # - name: Delete GKE cluster if created
-    #   if: ${{ always() && inputs.platform == 'gke' }}
-    #   uses: ./.github/actions/kots-gke-delete
-    #   with:
-    #     service-key: ${{ inputs.gke-service-key }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-test.yaml
index 13c3e826ee..8130a7d2af 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test.yaml
@@ -1151,87 +1151,6 @@ jobs:
           cluster-id: ${{ steps.create-cluster.outputs.cluster-id }}
 
 
-  # validate-gke-install:
-  #   runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-  #   needs: [ enable-tests, can-run-ci, build-kots, build-kurl-proxy, build-migrations, push-minio, push-mc, push-rqlite ]
-  #   env:
-  #     APP_SLUG: helm-install-order
-  #   steps:
-  #     - name: Checkout
-  #       uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-  #     - name: Create cluster
-  #       uses: ./.github/actions/kots-gke-create
-  #       with:
-  #         service-key: ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_CLOUD_CREDENTIALS }}
-
-  #     - name: download kots binary
-  #       uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-  #       with:
-  #         name: kots
-  #         path: bin/
-
-  #     - run: chmod +x bin/kots
-
-  #     - name: reserve capacity
-  #       run: |
-  #         # https://cloud.google.com/kubernetes-engine/docs/how-to/capacity-provisioning
-  #         kubectl apply -f ./.github/actions/kots-gke-create/reserve-capacity.yaml
-  #         sleep 10
-  #         kubectl wait pod -l app=capacity-res-job --for=condition=Ready --timeout=600s --all
-
-  #     - name: run the test
-  #       run: |
-  #         set +e
-  #         echo ${{ secrets.HELM_INSTALL_ORDER_LICENSE }} | base64 -d > license.yaml
-  #         ./bin/kots \
-  #           install "$APP_SLUG/automated" \
-  #           --license-file license.yaml \
-  #           --no-port-forward \
-  #           --namespace "$APP_SLUG" \
-  #           --shared-password password \
-  #           --kotsadm-registry ttl.sh \
-  #           --kotsadm-namespace automated-${{ github.run_id }} \
-  #           --wait-duration 5m \
-  #           --kotsadm-tag 24h
-
-  #         EXIT_CODE=$?
-  #         if [ $EXIT_CODE -ne 0 ]; then
-  #           echo "------pods:"
-  #           kubectl -n "$APP_SLUG" get pods
-  #           echo "------kotsadm logs"
-  #           kubectl logs -l app=kotsadm --tail=100 --namespace "$APP_SLUG"
-  #           exit $EXIT_CODE
-  #         fi
-
-  #         COUNTER=1
-  #         while [ "$(./bin/kots get apps --namespace "$APP_SLUG" | awk 'NR>1{print $2}')" != "ready" ]; do
-  #           ((COUNTER += 1))
-  #           if [ $COUNTER -gt 600 ]; then
-  #             echo "Timed out waiting for app to be ready"
-  #             ./bin/kots get apps --namespace "$APP_SLUG"
-  #             echo "kotsadm logs:"
-  #             kubectl logs -l app=kotsadm --tail=100 --namespace "$APP_SLUG"
-  #             exit 1
-  #           fi
-  #           sleep 1
-  #         done
-
-  #     - name: Generate support bundle on failure
-  #       if: failure()
-  #       uses: ./.github/actions/generate-support-bundle
-  #       with:
-  #         kots-namespace: "$APP_SLUG"
-  #         aws-access-key-id: '${{ secrets.E2E_SUPPORT_BUNDLE_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}'
-  #         aws-secret-access-key: '${{ secrets.E2E_SUPPORT_BUNDLE_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}'
-
-  #     - name: Delete the GKE cluster
-  #       if: always()
-  #       uses: ./.github/actions/kots-gke-delete
-  #       with:
-  #         service-key: ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_CLOUD_CREDENTIALS }}
-
-
   validate-kots-pull:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     needs: [ enable-tests, can-run-ci, cmx-versions, build-push-kotsadm-image, build-kurl-proxy, build-migrations, push-minio, push-mc, push-rqlite ]
@@ -3467,7 +3386,6 @@ jobs:
       - validate-kots-upgrade
       - validate-remove-app
       - validate-registry-check
-      # - validate-gke-install
       - validate-kots-helm-release-secret-migration
       - validate-native-helm-v2
       - validate-deployment-orchestration