diff --git a/.github/workflows/tic.yml b/.github/workflows/tic.yml
index 3c1b3666..1124895a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tic.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tic.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: "[Stage] [Linux] Install curl and libgit2"
         if: runner.os == 'Linux'
-        run: sudo apt install ccache libcurl4-openssl-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libgmp-dev libgs-dev libgdal-dev libproj-dev libgeos-dev libudunits2-dev libmagick++-dev libgit2-dev 
+        run: sudo apt install libcurl4-openssl-dev libgit2-dev
 
       - name: "[Stage] [macOS] Install libgit2"
         if: runner.os == 'macOS'
@@ -122,12 +122,3 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: ${{ runner.os }}-r${{ matrix.config.r }}-results
           path: check
-      - name: "[Stage] Before Deploy"
-        run: |
-          Rscript -e "tic::before_deploy()"
-
-      - name: "[Stage] Deploy"
-        run: Rscript -e "tic::deploy()"
-
-      - name: "[Stage] After Deploy"
-        run: Rscript -e "tic::after_deploy()"
diff --git a/tic.R b/tic.R
index 492701dc..4a6080f0 100644
--- a/tic.R
+++ b/tic.R
@@ -1,8 +1,2 @@
 # installs dependencies, runs R CMD check, runs covr::codecov()
 do_package_checks()
-
-if (ci_on_ghactions() && ci_has_env("BUILD_PKGDOWN")) {
-  # creates pkgdown site and pushes to gh-pages branch
-  # only for the runner with the "BUILD_PKGDOWN" env var set
-  do_pkgdown()
-}