diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/merge-checks.yml
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-name: "Merge checks"
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: "main"
-
-# only run this once per branch at a time
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref_name }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  integration-tests-dbt-athena:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
-    with:
-      branch: ${{ github.ref }}
-    secrets: inherit
-
-  # integration test runs can't run in parallel for now, so run them in serial
-  integration-tests-dbt-athena-community:
-    needs: integration-tests-dbt-athena
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/integration-tests.yml
-    with:
-      package: "dbt-athena-community"
-      branch: ${{ github.ref }}
-    secrets: inherit