diff --git a/.github/workflows/matrix-and-codecov-on-merge-to-main.yml b/.github/workflows/matrix-and-codecov-on-merge-to-main.yml
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index 235c9f71..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/matrix-and-codecov-on-merge-to-main.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-name: CI
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  release:
-    types:
-      - prereleased
-      - published
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  matrix-coverage:
-    uses: scikit-package/release-scripts/.github/workflows/_matrix-and-codecov-on-merge-to-main.yml@v0
-    with:
-      project: diffpy.structure
-      c_extension: false
-      headless: false
-    secrets:
-      CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-docs-on-release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-docs-on-release.yml
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index 461e8ac3..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-docs-on-release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-name: Deploy Documentation on Release
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  docs:
-    uses: scikit-package/release-scripts/.github/workflows/_publish-docs-on-release.yml@v0
-    with:
-      project: diffpy.structure
-      c_extension: false
-      headless: false
diff --git a/news/clean-workflows.rst b/news/clean-workflows.rst
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index 00000000..da8bb627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/clean-workflows.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+**Added:**
+
+* No news added: chore: clean workflows
+
+**Changed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Deprecated:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Removed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Fixed:**
+
+* <news item>
+
+**Security:**
+
+* <news item>