diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
index 8856b2ca380ec..37309f6af6ab9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-test.yml
@@ -67,73 +67,6 @@ on:
         type: string
         default: "false"
 
-  # makes workflow manually callable
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-        wf_category:
-          description: "categories: REMOTE, NIGHTLY, WEEKLY, RELEASE"
-          type: string
-          default: "REMOTE"
-        python:
-          description: "python version, e.g. 3.10.12"
-          type: string
-          required: true
-        # build related parameters
-        build_label:
-          description: "requested runner label (specifies instance)"
-          type: string
-          default: gcp-k8s-build
-        build_timeout:
-          description: "time limit for build in minutes "
-          type: string
-          default: "60"
-        Gi_per_thread:
-          description: 'requested GiB to reserve per thread'
-          type: string
-          default: "1"
-        nvcc_threads:
-          description: "number of threads nvcc build threads"
-          type: string
-          default: "4"
-        # test related parameters
-        test_label_solo:
-          description: "requested runner label (specifies instance)"
-          type: string
-          required: true
-        test_label_multi:
-          description: "requested runner label (specifies instance)"
-          type: string
-          required: true
-        test_timeout:
-          description: "time limit for test run in minutes "
-          type: string
-          required: true
-        gitref:
-          description: "git commit hash or branch name"
-          type: string
-          required: true
-        test_skip_list:
-          description: 'file containing tests to skip'
-          type: string
-          required: true
-        # benchmark related parameters
-        benchmark_label:
-          description: "requested benchmark label (specifies instance)"
-          type: string
-          default: ""
-        benchmark_config_list_file:
-          description: "benchmark configs file, e.g. 'nm_benchmark_nightly_configs_list.txt'"
-          type: string
-          required: true
-        benchmark_timeout:
-          description: "time limit for benchmarking"
-          type: string
-          default: "720"
-        push_benchmark_results_to_gh_pages:
-          description: "When set to true, the workflow pushes all benchmarking results to gh-pages UI"
-          type: string
-          default: "false"
-
 jobs:
 
     BUILD: