diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish-all.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish-all.yml
index 1392f3493..55054b696 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish-all.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish-all.yml
@@ -34,20 +34,7 @@ permissions:
   id-token: write
   contents: read
 
-env:
-  RELEASE_ENV: ${{ inputs.env || 'dev' }}
-  CONFIRM_RELEASE_ENV: ${{ inputs.confirm_env || 'dev' }}
-
 jobs:
-  confirm_env:
-    runs-on: codebuild-bcda-app-${{github.run_id}}-${{github.run_attempt}}
-    steps:      
-      - name: Confirm Env
-        if: ${{ env.RELEASE_ENV != env.CONFIRM_RELEASE_ENV }}
-        run: |
-          echo "Target deployment env ${{ env.RELEASE_ENV }} must match confirmed deployment env ${{ env.CONFIRM_RELEASE_ENV }}."
-          exit 1
-
   build_and_publish_api:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/build-and-publish-api.yml
     with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish-api.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish-api.yml
index bf78075b1..c7dccd72e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish-api.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish-api.yml
@@ -53,10 +53,6 @@ jobs:
             echo "Ref is not a tag; setting version to revision shorthand"
             REV_SHORT=$(git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD)
             echo "version=temp-$REV_SHORT" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            if [[ ${{ env.RELEASE_ENV }} != 'dev' && ${{ env.RELEASE_ENV }} != 'test' ]]; then
-              echo "Publishing non-tag versions to prod account is forbidden; exiting process"
-              exit 1
-            fi
           fi
       - name: Set ECR urls
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish-worker.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish-worker.yml
index 36081d2cb..5d4124196 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish-worker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish-worker.yml
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ jobs:
             echo "Ref is not a tag; setting version to revision shorthand"
             REV_SHORT=$(git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD)
             echo "version=temp-$REV_SHORT" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-            if [[ ${{ env.RELEASE_ENV }} != 'dev' && ${{ env.RELEASE_ENV }} != 'test' ]]; then
-              echo "Publishing non-tag versions to prod account is forbidden; exiting process"
-              exit 1
-            fi
           fi
       - name: Set ECR urls
         run: |