diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/earthly.yml b/.gitea/workflows/earthly.yml
index 85f5190..b920680 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/earthly.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/earthly.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ jobs:
         run: earthly --version
       - name: use sat alpha
         run: |
-          earthly config 'global.container_frontend' 'docker-shell'
           earthly org select me-2625
           earthly sat select alpha
       - name: run the earthly hello world