diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/build-tests.yml
index c44f8a0..4312fba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-tests.yml
@@ -8,18 +8,10 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
 
+
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      DOCKER_HOST: tcp://localhost:2375    
-    services:
-      docker:
-        image: docker:19.03.12-dind
-        options: --privileged
-        ports:
-          - 2375:2375
-
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest  # GitHub-hosted runner with Docker installed
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -28,11 +20,10 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         sudo service docker start
 
-    - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
-      with:
-        python-version: '3.10'
-
+      - name: Set up Python environment
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10'
 
     - name: Setup xvfb (Linux)
       if: runner.os == 'Linux'
diff --git a/tools/build.py b/tools/build.py
index 152ead4..a849708 100644
--- a/tools/build.py
+++ b/tools/build.py
@@ -145,18 +145,6 @@ def build_windows_exe_and_installer_docker(
             build_commit=build_commit,
         )
         
-    def set_docker_environment(self):
-        # Check if running in GitHub Actions
-        if 'GITHUB_ACTIONS' in os.environ:
-            # Set DOCKER_HOST only if running in GitHub Actions
-            os.environ['DOCKER_HOST'] = 'tcp://localhost:2375'
-        else:
-            # Optionally, handle local settings or leave as default for local Docker usage
-            if 'DOCKER_HOST' not in os.environ:
-                # Set to default Unix socket if not specified, or just omit this block to use system default
-                os.environ['DOCKER_HOST'] = 'unix:///var/run/docker.sock'
-        
-
     def build_in_docker(
         self,
         docker_image: str,
@@ -183,8 +171,6 @@ def build_in_docker(
         BUILD_UID = PROJECT_ROOT.stat().st_uid
         BUILD_CACHEDIR = path_build / ".cache"
         original_dir = os.getcwd()
-
-        self.set_docker_environment()
         
         # Initialize DOCKER_BUILD_FLAGS
         DOCKER_BUILD_FLAGS = ""