diff --git a/.github/workflows/links.yml b/.github/workflows/links.yml
index 0225451c099..1838814ee74 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/links.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/links.yml
@@ -52,17 +52,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v7
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.x"
-
       - uses: ultralytics/actions/setup-uv@main
 
       - name: Install lychee and dependencies
         run: |
           curl -sSfL "https://github.com/lycheeverse/lychee/releases/latest/download/lychee-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz" |
             sudo tar xz --strip-components=1 -C /usr/local/bin lychee-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lychee
-          uv pip install --system -r requirements.txt
+          uv pip install -r requirements.txt
 
       - name: Get Website URLs
         run: |
@@ -121,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
         id: codespell
         run: |
           # Install codespell
-          uv pip install --system codespell
+          uv pip install codespell
 
           # Run codespell on rendered HTML text, not inline JS/CSS payloads.
           SPELLCHECK_ROOT=".codespell-html"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag.yml b/.github/workflows/tag.yml
index fa085904345..6f404405792 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tag.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag.yml
@@ -61,15 +61,10 @@ jobs:
           git tag -a "${{ github.event.inputs.tag_name }}" -m "$(git log -1 --pretty=%B)"
           git push origin "${{ github.event.inputs.tag_name }}"
 
-      - name: Set up Python environment
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v7
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.x"
-
       - uses: ultralytics/actions/setup-uv@main
 
       - name: Install dependencies
-        run: uv pip install --system ultralytics-actions
+        run: uv pip install ultralytics-actions
 
       - name: Publish new release
         env: