diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8d9c83eb..3da6cf3a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -268,17 +268,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-go@b7ad1dad31e06c5925ef5d2fc7ad053ef454303e # v7
         with:
           go-version-file: 'cloudnativepg/go.mod'
-          check-latest: true
 
       - name: Start Kind cluster
         id: kind-cluster
         working-directory: cloudnativepg
-        env:
-          # setup-go pins GOTOOLCHAIN=local to the version resolved from
-          # cloudnativepg/go.mod, but cloudnativepg's own Makefile can
-          # `go run` tools (e.g. goreleaser) that require a newer Go than
-          # that.
-          GOTOOLCHAIN: auto
         run: |
           hack/setup-cluster.sh create load deploy
           CLUSTERS=$(kind get clusters)