diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index 9c729cc..ff86715 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -265,18 +265,6 @@ jobs:
             --checklist-confirmed \
             --checklist-categories 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13 \
             --body "Auto-approved: all CI checks passed (validate, molecule-tests)."
-      - name: Wait for molecule tests to complete
-        if: needs.validate.outputs.ansible-changed == 'true'
-        env:
-          CI_GITEA_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CI_GITEA_API_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          . .venv/bin/activate 2>/dev/null || true
-          python3 -m devx.ci.wait_for_checks \
-            --job-name "molecule-tests" \
-            --repo "${{ github.repository }}" \
-            --timeout 1200 \
-            --poll-interval 10 \
-            --no-require-success
       - name: Squash merge with task ID
         env:
           CI_GITEA_API_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CI_GITEA_API_TOKEN }}