diff --git a/.github/workflows/_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/_publish.yml
index d12b9f68c..0df22e825 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_publish.yml
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@ on:
       actions-version-file:
         default: actions/VERSION.txt
         type: string
-      actions-version-file-legacy:
-        default: gh-actions/VERSION.txt
-        type: string
       bazel-version:
         default:
         type: string
@@ -120,10 +117,7 @@ jobs:
           artifact-workflows: |
             Github/actions CI
           version: ${{ inputs.actions-version }}
-          version-file: >-
-            ${{ inputs.event == 'push'
-                && inputs.actions-version-file-legacy
-                || inputs.actions-version-file }}
+          version-file: ${{ inputs.actions-version-file }}
         - name: bazel
           artifact-workflows: |
             Bazel CI