diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-buildscript.sh b/.github/workflows/codeql-buildscript.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f4801157..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-buildscript.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-cd src
-mkdir build && cd build && cmake ../ && make
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 816492278..6a2a906e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ jobs:
     #   modify them (or add more) to build your code if your project, please refer to the EXAMPLE below for guidance.
 
     - run: |
-        ./.github/workflows/codeql-buildscript.sh
+        cd src
+        mkdir build && cd build && cmake ../ && make
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
       uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
@@ -119,8 +120,3 @@ jobs:
         name: codeql-results
         path: ${{ steps.step1.outputs.sarif-output }}
         retention-days: 5
-
-    - name: Fail if an error is found
-      run: |
-        ./.github/workflows/fail_on_error.py \
-          ${{ steps.step1.outputs.sarif-output }}/cpp.sarif
diff --git a/.github/workflows/fail_on_error.py b/.github/workflows/fail_on_error.py
deleted file mode 100755
index 29791742b..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/fail_on_error.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-import json
-import sys
-
-# Return whether SARIF file contains error-level results
-def codeql_sarif_contain_error(filename):
-    with open(filename, 'r') as f:
-        s = json.load(f)
-
-    for run in s.get('runs', []):
-        rules_metadata = run['tool']['driver']['rules']
-        if not rules_metadata:
-            rules_metadata = run['tool']['extensions'][0]['rules']
-
-        for res in run.get('results', []):
-            if 'ruleIndex' in res:
-                rule_index = res['ruleIndex']
-            elif 'rule' in res and 'index' in res['rule']:
-                rule_index = res['rule']['index']
-            else:
-                continue
-            try:
-                rule_level = rules_metadata[rule_index]['defaultConfiguration']['level']
-            except IndexError as e:
-                print(e, rule_index, len(rules_metadata))
-            else:
-                if rule_level == 'error':
-                    return True
-    return False
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    if codeql_sarif_contain_error(sys.argv[1]):
-        sys.exit(1)