diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index db91a2667..a029b9100 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -235,26 +235,14 @@ jobs:
 
   quickstart:
     name: Run the Go Quickstart
-    # - always() allows evaluating further conditional expressions even if
-    #   needed jobs were skipped
-    if: |
-      always()
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    needs: [ linux-build ]
     steps:
       - name: Git Shallow Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-      - name: Download linux release artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: linux-release-${{ github.run_id }}
-          path: release/
-
       - name: Run Go Quickstart Test
         timeout-minutes: 5
         run: |
-          go clean -testcache;
           go test -v -tags "quickstart automated" ./ziti/cmd/edge/...;
 
   publish: