diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e44a2ca73..c6bb96e54 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install nimble deps
         if: steps.cache-nimbledeps.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: |
-          touch nimble.paths  # prevents nimble from generating include "" in buildtemp config.nims
           nimble setup --localdeps
           make rebuild-nat-libs-nimbledeps
           make rebuild-bearssl-nimbledeps
@@ -134,7 +133,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install nimble deps
         if: steps.cache-nimbledeps.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: |
-          touch nimble.paths  # prevents nimble from generating include "" in buildtemp config.nims
           nimble setup --localdeps
           make rebuild-nat-libs-nimbledeps
           make rebuild-bearssl-nimbledeps
@@ -210,7 +208,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install nimble deps
         if: steps.cache-nimbledeps.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
         run: |
-          touch nimble.paths  # prevents nimble from generating include "" in buildtemp config.nims
           nimble setup --localdeps
           make rebuild-nat-libs-nimbledeps
           make rebuild-bearssl-nimbledeps
diff --git a/.github/workflows/container-image.yml b/.github/workflows/container-image.yml
index 07c74cda4..3d29e998a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/container-image.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/container-image.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install nimble deps
         if: ${{ steps.secrets.outcome == 'success' && steps.cache-nimbledeps.outputs.cache-hit != 'true' }}
         run: |
-          touch nimble.paths  # prevents nimble from generating include "" in buildtemp config.nims
           nimble setup --localdeps
           make rebuild-nat-libs-nimbledeps
           make rebuild-bearssl-nimbledeps