diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ef85b0626..b162d81e4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -103,12 +103,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.12"
-      - name: Setup upterm session
-        uses: lhotari/action-upterm@v1
-        with:
-          ## limits ssh access and adds the ssh public keys of the listed GitHub users
-          limit-access-to-users: konstin
-
+          architecture: "x64"
       - name: "Smoke test (unix)"
         if: ${{ matrix.os != 'windows' }}
         run: |