diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index d3d5de42..a0143727 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -82,29 +82,3 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 7
           if-no-files-found: error
 
-  desktop-smoke:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Set up Node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version-file: .nvmrc
-
-      # playwright's chromium set covers everything but GTK, which chromium
-      # only needs headed and electron always links against.
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          corepack enable && pnpm i --frozen-lockfile
-          npm ci --prefix electron
-          pnpm exec playwright install-deps chromium
-          apt-get install -y libgtk-3-0t64
-
-      - name: Build desktop
-        run: pnpm run build:desktop
-
-      - name: Test desktop
-        run: xvfb-run -a pnpm run test:desktop
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 11a40f05..98787979 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -77,8 +77,7 @@ against GTK, which Playwright's chromium dependencies do not cover, so such a bo
 also needs `libgtk-3-0t64`. The test drops Chromium's sandbox when it runs as
 root, because Chromium refuses to start that way. The separate smoke
 suite does not start a web dev server or test installers. Windows and macOS desktop
-behavior is not verified by the Linux test. CI builds and runs this suite under
-Xvfb in a separate desktop job.
+behavior is not verified by the Linux test. CI does not run it.
 
 ## Deployment