diff --git a/.github/workflows/node.yml b/.github/workflows/node.yml
index 0e412be..0aaba94 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/node.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/node.yml
@@ -26,11 +26,6 @@ jobs:
             target/
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-cargo-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
       - run: rustup target add wasm32v1-none
-      - name: Start Stellar Quickstart
-        uses: stellar/quickstart@main
-        with:
-          tag: testing
-          network: local
       - run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y libudev-dev libdbus-1-dev pkg-config
       - name: Install cargo-binstall
         uses: cargo-bins/cargo-binstall@v1.15.6