diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/build-docs.yml
index e8adeaa3292..00153800b6a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-docs.yml
@@ -24,8 +24,7 @@ on:
 env:
   CACHE_NUMBER: 0 # increase to reset cache manually
   DEPLOY_BRANCH: gh-pages # deployed docs branch
-  HDF5_USE_FILE_LOCKING: "FALSE" # disable file lockingenv:
-  ATOM_DATA_PATH: Downloads/tardis_data/kurucz_cd23_chianti_H_He.h5 #Path where the atomic data is stored
+  HDF5_USE_FILE_LOCKING: "FALSE" # disable file locking
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}
@@ -95,27 +94,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "file_hash=$file_hash" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
         id: cache-environment-key
 
-      - name: Restore Atom Data
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@v3
-        id: atom-data-restore
-        with:
-          path: ${{env.ATOM_DATA_PATH}}
-          key: atom-data
-
-      - name: Download Atom Data
-        if: steps.atom-data-restore.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: |
-          REPO_URL="https://dev.azure.com/tardis-sn/TARDIS/_apis/git/repositories/tardis-refdata"
-          wget -q "$REPO_URL/items?path=atom_data/kurucz_cd23_chianti_H_He.h5&versionType=branch&version=master&resolveLfs=true" -O ${{ env.ATOM_DATA_PATH }}
-
-      - name: Save Atom Data
-        uses: actions/cache/save@v3
-        if: ${{ steps.atom-data-restore.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'  && always() || false }}
-        id: atom-data-cache-save
-        with:
-          path: ${{env.ATOM_DATA_PATH}}
-          key: atom-data
-
       - uses: mamba-org/setup-micromamba@v1
         with:
           environment-file: conda-linux-64.lock