diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 12afa95a8..6a9b44814 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Checkout repository 🛎"
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
         with:
-          persist-credentials: false
+          persist-credentials: true
 
       - name: "Setup CI environment 🛠"
         uses: pydata/pydata-sphinx-theme/.github/actions/set-dev-env@4a1e7898d6c92dade5e489684277ab4ffd0eb053
@@ -203,10 +203,7 @@ jobs:
     # ensures this runs even if the coverage step does not continue - e.g. the
     # default coverage action will fail at first for external PRs, this is a workaround
     # to ensure the comment is posted
-    if: ${{ github.event.name == 'pull_request'}}
-    with:
-      # this is the workflow run ID of the `CI.yml` workflow
-      workflow_run_id: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request'}}
     permissions:
       contents: write
       pull-requests: write
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index 56092e5ea..cc3bee67e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -2,11 +2,7 @@ name: Post coverage comment
 
 on:
   workflow_call:
-    inputs:
-      # this is the workflow run ID of the `CI.yml` workflow
-      workflow_run_id:
-        required: true
-        type: string
+
 jobs:
   test:
     name: "Display code coverage"
@@ -16,30 +12,8 @@ jobs:
       contents: write # needed to edit the comment vs opening multiple ones
       actions: read
     steps:
-      - name: "Get the triggering workflow run details"
-        id: get-run
-        uses: octokit/request-action@dad4362715b7fb2ddedf9772c8670824af564f0d
-        with:
-          route: GET /repos/"${REPO}"/actions/runs/"${WORKFLOW_RUN_ID}"
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
-          WORKFLOW_RUN_ID: ${{ inputs.workflow_run_id }}
-
-      # this needs the .coverage file so we download from the CI workflow artifacts
-      - name: "Download coverage data 📥"
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@d3f86a106a0bac45b974a628896c90dbdf5c8093
-        with:
-          pattern: coverage-data-*
-          merge-multiple: true
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          run-id: ${{ inputs.workflow_run_id }}
-
-      - name: "Check downloaded files"
-        run: ls -R
-
       - name: "Post coverage comment 💬"
         uses: py-cov-action/python-coverage-comment-action@970a227e0c16ef4589a99a9970ab0ceb8c53059a
         with:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          GITHUB_PR_RUN_ID: ${{ inputs.workflow_run_id }}
+          GITHUB_PR_RUN_ID: ${{ github.run_id }}