diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_ci.yml
index 48603bd..0479b45 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_ci.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       validate_paths: ${{ steps.format.outputs.dir_diff }}
-      # plan_paths: ${{ steps.deps.outputs.examples }}
     steps:
       - name: checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -45,22 +44,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "::set-output name=dir_diff::$(echo -n "$DIFFS" | sed -E "s/^(modules|examples)\/(.+)\/.*$/\1\/\2/"  | tr '\n' ',')"
 
-      # - name: discover module->example dependencies
-      #   id: deps
-      #   env:
-      #     DIFFS: ${{ steps.format.outputs.dir_diff }}
-      #   shell: bash
-      #   run: |
-      #     if [ "$DIFFS" ]; then
-      #       EXAMPLES_DISCOVERY=$(for M in $(echo "$DIFFS" | tr ',' '\n' | grep modules); do
-      #         echo $(grep -rl "$M" examples/*/*.tf | sed -E "s/^(examples\/.*)\/.*$/\1/g")
-      #       done | sort -u | awk NF)
-
-      #       EXAMPLES_COMBINED=$(echo "$(echo $EXAMPLES_DISCOVERY | tr ' ' ','),$DIFFS" | tr ',' '\n' | awk NF | grep examples | sort -u)
-
-      #       echo "::set-output name=examples::$(echo -n $EXAMPLES_COMBINED | jq -R -s -c 'split(" ")')"
-      #     fi
-
 
   validate:
     name: validate all changed modules
@@ -72,45 +55,12 @@ jobs:
       paths: ${{ needs.tf_prereqs.outputs.validate_paths }}
 
 
-  # plan:
-  #   name: '${{ matrix.path }}@${{ matrix.tf_version }}'
-  #   needs: [tf_prereqs]
-  #   if: ${{ needs.tf_prereqs.outputs.plan_paths != '' }}
-  #   strategy:
-  #     matrix:
-  #       path: ${{ fromJson(needs.tf_prereqs.outputs.plan_paths) }}
-  #       tf_version:
-  #         # - '0.15'
-  #         # - '1.0'
-  #         # - '1.1'
-  #         - '1.2'
-  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-  #   permissions:
-  #     contents: read
-  #     id-token: write
-  #   steps:
-  #     - name: checkout code
-  #       uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-  #     - name: run plan
-  #       uses: ./.github/actions/tf_plan
-  #       env:
-  #         ARM_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
-  #         ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
-  #         ARM_TENANT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
-  #         ARM_USE_OIDC: true
-  #       with:
-  #         path: ${{ matrix.path }}
-  #         tf_version: ${{ matrix.tf_version }}
-  #         # tf_version: '1.2'
-
   branch_protection_junction:
     name: junction point for branch protection
     needs:
       - validate
       - pre-commit
       - checkov
-      # - plan
     if: always()
     permissions:
       actions: read
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/release_ci.yml
index fffb980..1a93855 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_ci.yml
@@ -79,56 +79,12 @@ jobs:
       paths: ${{ needs.validate_prereqs.outputs.paths }}
 
 
-  # plan_prereqs:
-  #   name: plan prerequisites
-  #   needs: [validate]
-  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-  #   outputs:
-  #     paths: ${{ steps.paths.outputs.paths }}
-  #   steps:
-  #     - name: checkout code
-  #       uses: actions/checkout@v3
-  #     - name: set outputs
-  #       id: paths
-  #       shell: bash
-  #       run: |
-  #         echo "::set-output name=paths::$(echo -n $(ls -d1 examples/*) | jq -R -s -c 'split(" ")')"
-
-
-  # plan:
-  #   name: 'plan: ${{ matrix.path }}'
-  #   needs: [plan_prereqs]
-  #   if: ${{ needs.plan_prereqs.outputs.paths != '' }}
-  #   strategy:
-  #     matrix:
-  #       path: ${{ fromJson(needs.plan_prereqs.outputs.paths) }}
-  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-  #   permissions:
-  #     contents: read
-  #     id-token: write
-  #   steps:
-  #     - name: checkout code
-  #       uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-  #     - name: run plan
-  #       uses: ./.github/actions/tf_plan
-  #       env:
-  #         ARM_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
-  #         ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
-  #         ARM_TENANT_ID: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
-  #         ARM_USE_OIDC: true
-  #       with:
-  #         path: ${{ matrix.path }}
-  #         tf_version: '1.2'
-
-
   release:
     name: release sem version
     needs: 
       - validate
       - checkov
       - pre-commit
-      # - plan
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write