diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-instance.yml b/.github/workflows/create-instance.yml
index 6dbe7608..bdcf7119 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-instance.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-instance.yml
@@ -25,96 +25,6 @@ jobs:
               name: ["instance:approved"]
             })
 
-      - name: Issue Forms Body Parser
-        id: parse
-        uses: zentered/issue-forms-body-parser@v2.0.0
-
-      - name: Display parsed data
-        run: |
-          echo ${{ toJSON(steps.parse.outputs.data) }} | jq .
-
-      - name: Extract fields
-        id: extract
-        run: |
-          email=$(
-            echo ${{ toJSON(steps.parse.outputs.data) }} |
-            jq -r ".email.text"
-          )
-          echo "email=$email" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-          instance_flavor=$(
-            echo ${{ toJSON(steps.parse.outputs.data) }} |
-            jq -r '."instance-flavor".text | split(" - ")[0]'
-          )
-          echo "instance_flavor=$instance_flavor" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Create instance
-        id: instance_create
-        run: |
-          echo Creating instance associated with issue $NUMBER
-          source ~/app-cred-morpho-cloud-portal_github-runner-openrc.sh > /dev/null 2>&1
-          source ~/venv/bin/activate
-
-          instance_name="morpho-cloud-portal_instance-$NUMBER"
-          openstack server create "$instance_name" \
-            --nic net-id="auto_allocated_network" \
-            --security-group "default" \
-            --security-group "exosphere" \
-            --flavor $INSTANCE_FLAVOR \
-            --image "antsthings-vgl-gpu-image" \
-            --wait \
-            --column created \
-            --column flavor \
-            --column image \
-            --column name \
-            --column status
-
-          echo "instance_name=$instance_name" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        env:
-          NUMBER: ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
-          INSTANCE_FLAVOR: ${{ steps.extract.outputs.instance_flavor }}
-
-      - name: Create floating IP
-        id: ip_create
-        run: |
-          source ~/app-cred-morpho-cloud-portal_github-runner-openrc.sh > /dev/null 2>&1
-          source ~/venv/bin/activate
-
-          json_output=$(openstack floating ip create public -f json)
-          echo $json_output
-
-          floating_ip_address=$(
-            echo $json_output |
-            jq -r ".floating_ip_address"
-          )
-          echo "floating_ip_address [$floating_ip_address]"
-          echo "floating_ip_address=$floating_ip_address" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Associate floating IP with created instance
-        run: |
-          source ~/app-cred-morpho-cloud-portal_github-runner-openrc.sh > /dev/null 2>&1
-          source ~/venv/bin/activate
-
-          openstack server add floating ip "$INSTANCE_NAME" $IP_ADDRESS
-        env:
-          IP_ADDRESS: ${{ steps.ip_create.outputs.floating_ip_address }}
-          INSTANCE_NAME: ${{ steps.instance_create.outputs.instance_name }}
-
-      - name: Send mail
-        uses: dawidd6/action-send-mail@2cea9617b09d79a095af21254fbcb7ae95903dde # v3.12.0
-        with:
-          server_address: smtp.gmail.com
-          server_port: 465
-          secure: true
-          username: ${{secrets.MAIL_USERNAME}}
-          password: ${{secrets.MAIL_PASSWORD}}
-          from: MorphoCloudPortal
-          to: ${{ steps.extract.outputs.email }}
-          subject:
-            "[MorphoCloudPortal] Instance ${{ github.event.issue.number }}
-            created"
-          body: Instance ${{ github.event.issue.number }} created
-
       - name: Add "instance:created" label
         if: ${{ success() }}
         uses: actions/github-script@v7