diff --git a/.github/actions/in-container/action.yml b/.github/actions/in-container/action.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index eec1d4544..000000000
--- a/.github/actions/in-container/action.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-name: 'In container action'
-description: 'Runs specified commands inside the specified container.'
-inputs:
-  run: 
-    description: 'Commands to run inside context'
-    required: true
-  shell: 
-    description: 'shell to run command on inside docker'
-    default: 'bash --noprofile --norc -eo pipefail'
-  app: 
-    description: 'docker-compose app to run command in'
-    required: true
-    default: 'web'
-  use_dev_image:
-    description: 'Can this use the current dev image or should it rebuild from scratch (still some layer caching benefits)'
-    default: 'false'
-
-runs:
-  using: "composite"
-
-  steps:
-    - name: Build image from docker-compose
-      if: ${{ inputs.use_dev_image == 'false' }}
-      uses: ./.github/actions/cached-build
-      with:
-        branch: "master"
-        push_to_registry: false
-    
-    - name: construct docker command
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        if [ "$USE_DEV_IMAGE" = "true" ]; then
-            composeFiles="-f docker-compose.yml -f .devcontainer/docker-compose-extend-cached-image.yml"
-        else
-            composeFiles="-f docker-compose.yml"
-        fi
-        shellCommands='$@'
-        echo "docker-compose $composeFiles run --volume /home/runner:/home/runner/ ${{ inputs.app }} ${{ inputs.shell }} $shellCommands" > ${{ github.action_path }}/docker_command.sh
-        echo "${{ github.action_path }}" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-      env:
-        USE_DEV_IMAGE: ${{ inputs.use_dev_image}}
-
-    - name: Run script in docker
-      shell: bash docker_command.sh {0}
-      run: |
-        ${{ inputs.run }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 3b9e55c07..1dfbb9d64 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -10,27 +10,20 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   tests:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: python:3.12
     steps:
-
       - name: checkout repo content
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
+      - name: install poetry
+        run: curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python3 -
+      - name: install dependencies
+        run: poetry install
       - name: Run django tests
-        uses: ./.github/actions/in-container
-        with:
-          use_dev_image: false
-          run: |
-            script/bootstrap
-            script/test --coverage
-
-      # do this inside the docker container otherwise the paths don't work
+        run: |
+          script/bootstrap
+          script/test --coverage
       - name: generate coverage xml
-        uses: ./.github/actions/in-container
-        with:
-          run: coverage xml
-
-      # do this outside the docker container otherwise can't get repo details
+        run: coverage xml
       - name: upload code coverage
         run: |
           less coverage.xml