diff --git a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
index 261fcfc54..ed0d1c83a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
@@ -342,17 +342,6 @@ jobs:
       OSRM_CONNECTION_RETRIES: ${{ matrix.OSRM_CONNECTION_RETRIES }}
       OSRM_CONNECTION_EXP_BACKOFF_COEF: ${{ matrix.OSRM_CONNECTION_EXP_BACKOFF_COEF }}
     steps:
-    # workaround for broken clang on ubuntu runner until https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/8659 get fixed
-    - name: Install newer Clang
-      run: |
-        if [[ $CCOMPILER == clang-* ]]; then
-          CLANG_VERSION=${CCOMPILER#clang-}
-          wget https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh
-          chmod +x ./llvm.sh
-          sudo ./llvm.sh ${CLANG_VERSION}
-        else
-          echo "CCOMPILER is not clang. Skipping installation."
-        fi
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: Build machine architecture
       run: uname -m