diff --git a/publish-docs/action.yml b/publish-docs/action.yml
index 1ff0a083..fb234ff2 100644
--- a/publish-docs/action.yml
+++ b/publish-docs/action.yml
@@ -75,17 +75,12 @@ outputs: {}
 runs:
   using: composite
   steps:
-    - name: Download gha-tools with git clone
-      run: |
-        git clone https://github.com/rapidsai/gha-tools.git -b main /tmp/gha-tools
-        echo "/tmp/gha-tools/tools" >> "${GITHUB_PATH}"
-      shell: bash
-
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
-        sudo rapids-retry apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends jq xsltproc
-        rapids-pip-retry install --upgrade pip
-        rapids-pip-retry install -q httpie-edgegrid  # for Akamai CDN
+        apt-get update
+        apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends jq xsltproc
+        pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install -q httpie-edgegrid  # for Akamai CDN
       shell: bash
 
     - name: Configure AWS credentials