diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
index 112950353d0..6b091745e8e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_cd.yml
@@ -1262,18 +1262,6 @@ jobs:
           wait_time: 60 # check every minute
           max_time: 1800 # allow up to 30 minutes for a deployment
 
-      - name: Setup k6
-        uses: grafana/setup-k6-action@v1
-
-      - name: Run k6 script
-        env:
-          K6_CLOUD_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GC_K6_TOKEN }}
-          K6_SIGNING_SECRET: ${{ secrets.K6_SIGNING_SECRET }}
-        run: |
-          just k6 frontend all --out cloud \
-            -e FRONTEND_URL=https://staging.openverse.org/ \
-            -e signing_secret="$K6_SIGNING_SECRET"
-
   deploy-api:
     name: Deploy staging API
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest