diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index e9c52a05d72..7582bdd6e78 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ permissions: read-all
 jobs:
 
   build:
-    if: github.actor != 'dependabot[bot]'
     uses: apache/logging-parent/.github/workflows/build-reusable.yaml@rel/12.1.0
     secrets:
       DV_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ startsWith(github.ref_name, 'release/') && '' || secrets.DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge-dependabot.yaml b/.github/workflows/merge-dependabot.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3690740ba65..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/merge-dependabot.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-# The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-
-name: merge-dependabot
-
-on:
-  pull_request_target:
-    paths-ignore:
-      - "**.adoc"
-      - "**.md"
-      - "**.txt"
-
-permissions: read-all
-
-jobs:
-
-  build:
-    if: github.repository == 'apache/logging-log4j2' && github.event_name == 'pull_request_target' && github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]'
-    uses: apache/logging-parent/.github/workflows/build-reusable.yaml@rel/12.1.0
-    secrets:
-      DV_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY }}
-    with:
-      java-version: |
-        8
-        17
-      develocity-enabled: true
-      reproducibility-check-enabled: false
-
-  merge-dependabot:
-    needs: build
-    uses: apache/logging-parent/.github/workflows/merge-dependabot-reusable.yaml@rel/12.1.0
-    with:
-      java-version: 17
-    permissions:
-      contents: write                                             # to push changelog commits
-      pull-requests: write                                        # to close the PR
-    secrets:
-      GPG_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.LOGGING_GPG_SECRET_KEY }}       # to sign commits