diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index d08eaf48708..249b4d84d78 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ jobs:
       NODE_OPTIONS: '--max-old-space-size=4096'
       # Project name to use when running "docker compose" prior to e2e tests
       COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME: 'ci'
-      # Docker Registry to use for Docker compose scripts below.
-      # We use GitHub's Container Registry to avoid aggressive rate limits at DockerHub.
-      DOCKER_REGISTRY: ghcr.io
     strategy:
       # Create a matrix of Node versions to test against (in parallel)
       matrix:
@@ -125,14 +122,6 @@ jobs:
           path: 'coverage/dspace-angular/lcov.info'
           retention-days: 14
 
-      # Login to our Docker registry, so that we can access private Docker images using "docker compose" below.
-      - name: Login to ${{ env.DOCKER_REGISTRY }}
-        uses: docker/login-action@v3
-        with:
-          registry: ${{ env.DOCKER_REGISTRY }}
-          username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
       # Using "docker compose" start backend using CI configuration
       # and load assetstore from a cached copy
       - name: Start DSpace REST Backend via Docker (for e2e tests)