diff --git a/.github/scripts/ci.sc b/.github/scripts/ci.sc
index 59fa99c16..f82e4e002 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/ci.sc
+++ b/.github/scripts/ci.sc
@@ -235,7 +235,10 @@ def runTests(jobs: String, runTarget: String = "ip", resultDir: Option[os.Path],
         os.write(actualResultDir / "failed-logs" / s"$job.txt", handle.out.text)
         failed :+ job
       } else {
-        writeCycleUpdates(job, testRunDir, actualResultDir)
+        if (runTarget == "ip") {
+          writeCycleUpdates(job, testRunDir, actualResultDir)
+        }
+
         failed
       }
     }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/subsystem.yml b/.github/workflows/subsystem.yml
index 1a06a2e1e..238636e8d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/subsystem.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/subsystem.yml
@@ -112,8 +112,6 @@ jobs:
           name: test-reports-${{ matrix.id }}
           path: |
             test-results-*/failed-tests.md
-            test-results-*/cycle-updates.md
-            test-results-*/*_cycle.json
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: failure()
@@ -199,22 +197,3 @@ jobs:
           echo -e "\n## Failed tests\n" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           shopt -s nullglob
           cat test-results-*/failed-tests.md >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo -e "\n## Cycle updates\n" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          shopt -s nullglob
-          cat test-results-*/cycle-updates.md >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-      - name: "Commit cycle updates"
-        run: |
-          nix shell ".#ammonite" -c .github/scripts/ci.sc mergeCycleData
-          git config user.name github-actions
-          git config user.email github-actions@github.com
-          changed_cases=$(git diff --name-only '.github/cases/**/default.json')
-
-          if [ -n "$changed_cases" ]; then
-            echo "changed cases: $changed_cases"
-            git add '.github/cases/**/default.json'
-            git commit -m "[ci] update test case cycle data"
-            git push origin ${{ github.head_ref }}
-          else
-            echo "No cycle change detect"
-          fi
-