diff --git a/.github/actions/download-artifact/action.yaml b/.github/actions/download-artifact/action.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 15b3f25e7..000000000
--- a/.github/actions/download-artifact/action.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-name: 'Download artifact from another workflow in a workflow triggered by workflow_run'
-inputs:
-  artifact_name:
-    required: true
-    type: string
-    default: 'emqx-source'
-  archive_format:
-    required: false
-    type: string
-    default: 'zip'
-
-defaults:
-  run:
-    shell: 'bash -Eeuo pipefail {0}'
-
-runs:
-  using: composite
-  steps:
-    - name: Download artifact
-      uses: actions/github-script@v6
-      with:
-        script: |
-          let allArtifacts = await github.rest.actions.listWorkflowRunArtifacts({
-             owner: context.repo.owner,
-             repo: context.repo.repo,
-             run_id: context.payload.workflow_run.id,
-          });
-          let matchArtifact = allArtifacts.data.artifacts.filter((artifact) => {
-            return artifact.name == "${{ inputs.artifact_name }}"
-          })[0];
-          let download = await github.rest.actions.downloadArtifact({
-             owner: context.repo.owner,
-             repo: context.repo.repo,
-             artifact_id: matchArtifact.id,
-             archive_format: '${{ inputs.archive_format }}',
-          });
-          let fs = require('fs');
-          fs.writeFileSync(`${process.env.GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/data.zip`, Buffer.from(download.data));
-    - name: Unzip artifact
-      shell: bash
-      run: unzip -o -q data.zip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_pr_entrypoint.yaml b/.github/workflows/_pr_entrypoint.yaml
index a1ae4ce15..70b62bcc1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_pr_entrypoint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_pr_entrypoint.yaml
@@ -13,9 +13,3 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: ./.github/actions/pr-sanity-checks
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: emqx-source
-          path: .
-          retention-days: 1
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/apps_version_check.yaml b/.github/workflows/apps_version_check.yaml
index a0d445f98..196503b35 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apps_version_check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apps_version_check.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@ jobs:
     if: github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success'
 
     steps:
-      - uses: ./.github/actions/download-artifact
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Check apps version
         run: ./scripts/apps-version-check.sh