diff --git a/.github/workflows/push_pull.yml b/.github/workflows/push_pull.yml
index 3cbd6fc2d4..e201ae4bf9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push_pull.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push_pull.yml
@@ -10,15 +10,9 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   macos:
     runs-on: macos-13
-    if: ${{ github.repository == 'espressomd/espresso' }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@main
-      - name: Setup ccache
-        uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
-        with:
-          key: macos
-          save: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/python' }}
       - name: Setup Python environment
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5.1.0
         with:
@@ -30,81 +24,6 @@ jobs:
         env:
           build_procs: 4
           check_procs: 4
-          with_ccache: 'true'
-
-  debian:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container:
-      image: ghcr.io/espressomd/docker/debian:f7f8ef2c0ca93c67aa16b9f91785492fb04ecc1b-base-layer
-      credentials:
-         username: ${{ github.actor }}
-         password: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
-      options: --cpus 2
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@main
-      - name: Setup ccache
-        uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
-        with:
-          key: debian
-          save: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/python' || ( github.repository != 'espressomd/espresso' && ! startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/pull') ) }}
-      - name: Setup Git environment
-        run: git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-      - name: Get runner specifications
-        run: lscpu | egrep 'Model name|Socket|Thread|NUMA|CPU\(s\)'
-      - name: Build and check
-        uses: ./.github/actions/build_and_check
-        env:
-          build_procs: 2
-          check_procs: 2
-          myconfig: 'maxset'
-          with_ccache: 'true'
-          with_cuda: 'false'
-          with_hdf5: 'true'
-          with_fftw: 'true'
-          with_gsl: 'false'
-          with_scafacos: 'false'
-          with_stokesian_dynamics: 'false'
-          make_check_unit_tests: 'true'
-          make_check_python: 'false'
-          OMPI_ALLOW_RUN_AS_ROOT: 1
-          OMPI_ALLOW_RUN_AS_ROOT_CONFIRM: 1
+          myconfig: 'empty'
+          with_ccache: 'false'
 
-  ubuntu:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: ${{ github.repository == 'espressomd/espresso' }}
-    container:
-      image: ghcr.io/espressomd/docker/ubuntu-wo-dependencies:f7f8ef2c0ca93c67aa16b9f91785492fb04ecc1b-base-layer
-      credentials:
-         username: ${{ github.actor }}
-         password: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
-      options: --cpus 2
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@main
-      - name: Setup ccache
-        uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
-        with:
-          key: ubuntu
-          save: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/python' }}
-      - name: Setup Git environment
-        run: git config --global --add safe.directory "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
-      - name: Get runner specifications
-        run: lscpu | egrep 'Model name|Socket|Thread|NUMA|CPU\(s\)'
-      - name: Build and check
-        uses: ./.github/actions/build_and_check
-        env:
-          build_procs: 2
-          check_procs: 2
-          myconfig: 'maxset'
-          with_ccache: 'true'
-          with_cuda: 'false'
-          with_hdf5: 'false'
-          with_fftw: 'false'
-          with_gsl: 'false'
-          with_scafacos: 'false'
-          with_stokesian_dynamics: 'false'
-          make_check_unit_tests: 'false'
-          make_check_python: 'false'
-          OMPI_ALLOW_RUN_AS_ROOT: 1
-          OMPI_ALLOW_RUN_AS_ROOT_CONFIRM: 1