diff --git a/.github/workflows/guidelines.yml b/.github/workflows/guidelines.yml
index 2e10b2748..1c9c9337b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/guidelines.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/guidelines.yml
@@ -8,20 +8,8 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
 
-  # for demo purposes
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: build
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          sleep 10
-          echo "placeholder for build process"
-
-          
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build
     steps:
       - name: 'checkout'
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
@@ -51,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
   # for demo purposes
   deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [build, test]
+    needs: [test]
     steps:
       - name: deploy
         shell: bash