diff --git a/.github/dep-suggests-matrix.json b/.github/dep-suggests-matrix.json
deleted file mode 100644
index bf1bb16b3..000000000
--- a/.github/dep-suggests-matrix.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{"package":["DBItest","gert","gh","hms","rvest","xml2"]}
diff --git a/.github/versions-matrix.json b/.github/versions-matrix.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5af4434a8..000000000
--- a/.github/versions-matrix.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{"include":[{"os":"macos-latest","r":"4.4"},{"os":"macos-latest","r":"4.3"},{"os":"windows-latest","r":"devel"},{"os":"windows-latest","r":"4.4"},{"os":"windows-latest","r":"4.3"},{"os":"ubuntu-22.04","r":"devel","http-user-agent":"release"},{"os":"ubuntu-22.04","r":"4.4"},{"os":"ubuntu-22.04","r":"4.3"},{"os":"ubuntu-22.04","r":"4.2"},{"os":"ubuntu-22.04","r":"4.1"},{"os":"ubuntu-22.04","r":"4.0"},{"os":"ubuntu-22.04","r":"4.4","covr":"true","desc":"with covr"}]}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/install/action.yml b/.github/workflows/install/action.yml
index 263ddf3a9..bb42f1861 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/install/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/install/action.yml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ runs:
       env:
         GITHUB_PAT: ${{ inputs.token }}
       with:
-        pak-version: devel
+        pak-version: stable
         needs: ${{ inputs.needs }}
         packages: ${{ inputs.packages }}
         extra-packages: ${{ inputs.extra-packages }} ${{ ( matrix.config.covr && 'any::covr' ) || '' }} ${{ steps.get-extra.outputs.packages }}