diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/scheduled/update-dockerfile-dependencies.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/scheduled/update-dockerfile-dependencies.md
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-name: Update dependencies in devcontainer Dockerfile
-about: Stay up to date with Dockerfile dependencies
-title: Update dependencies in devcontainer Dockerfile
-labels: ''
-assignees: ''
-
----
-
-
-We have [pinned the linux dependencies in the devcontainer Dockerfile](https://github.com/agilepathway/hoverfly-github-action/pull/112/files), but there is no mechanism to automatically update them, currently. It looks like [it's on Dependabot's roadmap](https://github.com/dependabot/dependabot-core/issues/2129#issuecomment-511552345), so this GitHub Issue gets automatically created every 6 months to:
-
-- [ ] update the dependencies manually:
-    1. Temporarily unpin the versions (i.e. remove `=<version>` from each package in the Dockerfile)
-    2. Execute the Dockerfile (e.g. if it's a remote container Dockerfile build the remote container)
-    3. Run `apt-cache policy <package>` for each package, to see the version installed
-    4. Pin all the versions, replacing any old versions with new ones
-- [ ] see if Dependabot now offer this functionality (in which case we can do it automatically, from then on)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/schedule_dockerfile_dependency_updates_issue.yml b/.github/workflows/schedule_dockerfile_dependency_updates_issue.yml
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-name: Create issue every 6 months to update Dockerfile dependencies
-on:  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
-  # Scheduled for 4am on 10th March and 10th Sept every year
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 4 10 3,9 *'  # * is a special character in YAML so we have to quote this string
-
-jobs:
-  create_issue:
-    name: Create issue to update Dockerfile dependencies
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    steps:
-
-      # Repo code checkout required if `template` is used
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - uses: imjohnbo/extract-issue-template-fields@v1
-        id: extract
-        with:
-          path: ".github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/scheduled/update-dockerfile-dependencies.md"
-
-      - name: issue-bot
-        uses: imjohnbo/issue-bot@v3
-        with:
-          assignees: "johnboyes"
-          labels: "dependencies"
-          title: ${{ steps.extract.outputs.title }}
-          body: ${{ steps.extract.outputs.body }}
-          pinned: false
-          close-previous: false