diff --git a/.github/actions/setup_project/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup_project/action.yml
index b1eb6e2a..f81ceda5 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup_project/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup_project/action.yml
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ runs:
     - name: Install apt packages
       uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@latest
       with:
-        packages: gettext libxapian-dev libgraphviz-dev
-        version: 1.0  # increment to reset cache
+        packages: gettext libgraphviz-dev
+        version: 1.0 # increment to reset cache
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         sudo apt update
-        sudo apt install gettext libxapian-dev libgraphviz-dev
+        sudo apt install gettext libgraphviz-dev
       shell: bash
 
     - name: Set up python
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ runs:
       uses: actions/cache@v3
       with:
         path: ~/.local
-        key: poetry-0  # increment to reset cache
+        key: poetry-0 # increment to reset cache
 
     - name: Install Poetry
       if: steps.cached-poetry.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
diff --git a/.github/actions/setup_xapian/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup_xapian/action.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6678f581..00000000
--- a/.github/actions/setup_xapian/action.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-name: "Setup xapian"
-description: "Setup the xapian indexes"
-runs:
-  using: composite
-  steps:
-    - name: Setup xapian index
-      run: |
-        mkdir -p /dev/shm/search_indexes
-        ln -s /dev/shm/search_indexes sith/search_indexes
-      shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ae55dc1b..2d785826 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check out repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup_project
-      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup_xapian
       - uses: ./.github/actions/compile_messages
       - name: Run tests
         run: poetry run coverage run ./manage.py test