diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/backend-tests.yml
index bc92caf58..bcd6a8de6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend-tests.yml
@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ jobs:
       -
         name: Install the ep_etherpad-lite package from ./src
         run: src/bin/installOnWindows.bat
-      -
-        name: Run npm i once to make bin files available - why is this needed at all?
-        run: npm i
+          #      -
+          #        name: Run npm i once to make bin files available - why is this needed at all?
+          #        run: npm i
       -
         name:  Fix up the settings.json
         run: |
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ jobs:
       -
         name: Install the ep_etherpad-lite package from ./src
         run: src/bin/installOnWindows.bat
-      -
-        name: Run npm i once to make bin files available - why is this needed at all?
-        run: npm i
+          #      -
+          #        name: Run npm i once to make bin files available - why is this needed at all?
+          #        run: npm i
       -
         name: Install Etherpad plugins
         run: >
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index c438380bc..6f5e82d98 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ jobs:
         name: Install the ep_etherpad-lite package from ./src
         shell: msys2 {0}
         run: src/bin/installDeps.sh
-      -
-        name: Run npm i once to make bin files available - why is this needed at all?
-        run: npm i
+#      -
+#        name: Run npm i once to make bin files available - why is this needed at all?
+#        run: npm i
       -
         name: Run the backend tests
         shell: msys2 {0}