diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8f4378bf4e..d4fb3ba005 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -38,41 +38,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Poetry
         uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
 
-      - name: Configure Poetry for CI optimization
-        run: |
-          poetry config virtualenvs.create false
-          poetry config virtualenvs.in-project false
-
-      - name: Cache Poetry dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ~/.cache/pypoetry
-          key: poetry-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/poetry.lock') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            poetry-${{ runner.os }}-
-
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 18
 
-      - name: Cache Nx
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: .nx/cache
-          key: nx-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('nx.json', 'package-lock.json') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            nx-${{ runner.os }}-
-
       - uses: nrwl/nx-set-shas@v4
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npx nx affected -t install --with dev
       - run: npx nx affected -t lint --parallel=3
 
-      - name: Clean up build artifacts
-        run: |
-          find . -name "*.pyc" -delete
-          find . -name "__pycache__" -type d -exec rm -rf {} + || true
-
   build-packages:
     name: Build Packages
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -92,32 +66,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Poetry
         uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
 
-      - name: Configure Poetry for CI optimization
-        run: |
-          poetry config virtualenvs.create false
-          poetry config virtualenvs.in-project false
-
-      - name: Cache Poetry dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ~/.cache/pypoetry
-          key: poetry-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ hashFiles('**/poetry.lock') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            poetry-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-
-            poetry-${{ runner.os }}-
-
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 18
 
-      - name: Cache Nx
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: .nx/cache
-          key: nx-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('nx.json', 'package-lock.json') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            nx-${{ runner.os }}-
-
       - uses: nrwl/nx-set-shas@v4
 
       - run: npm ci
@@ -128,11 +80,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         run: npx nx affected -t build-release --parallel=3
 
-      - name: Clean up build artifacts
-        run: |
-          find . -name "*.pyc" -delete
-          find . -name "__pycache__" -type d -exec rm -rf {} + || true
-
   test-packages:
     name: Test Packages
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -157,40 +104,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Poetry
         uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
 
-      - name: Configure Poetry for CI optimization
-        run: |
-          poetry config virtualenvs.create false
-          poetry config virtualenvs.in-project false
-
-      - name: Cache Poetry dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ~/.cache/pypoetry
-          key: poetry-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ hashFiles('**/poetry.lock') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            poetry-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-
-            poetry-${{ runner.os }}-
-
-      - name: Cache pip dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ~/.cache/pip
-          key: pip-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-${{ hashFiles('**/pyproject.toml') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            pip-${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.python-version }}-
-
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 18
 
-      - name: Cache Nx
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: .nx/cache
-          key: nx-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('nx.json', 'package-lock.json') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            nx-${{ runner.os }}-
-
       - uses: nrwl/nx-set-shas@v4
 
       - run: npm ci
@@ -202,8 +119,3 @@ jobs:
         env:
           HAYSTACK_TELEMETRY_ENABLED: False
         run: npx nx affected -t test --exclude='sample-app' --exclude='opentelemetry-instrumentation-haystack' --parallel=3
-
-      - name: Clean up build artifacts
-        run: |
-          find . -name "*.pyc" -delete
-          find . -name "__pycache__" -type d -exec rm -rf {} + || true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8506782d0b..336ca6c132 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -63,41 +63,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Poetry
         uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
 
-      - name: Configure Poetry for CI optimization
-        run: |
-          poetry config virtualenvs.create false
-          poetry config virtualenvs.in-project false
-
-      - name: Cache Poetry dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ~/.cache/pypoetry
-          key: poetry-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/poetry.lock') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            poetry-${{ runner.os }}-
-
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 18
 
-      - name: Cache Nx
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: .nx/cache
-          key: nx-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('nx.json', 'package-lock.json') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            nx-${{ runner.os }}-
-
       - run: npm ci
 
       - name: Build Instrumentations
         run: npx nx run-many -t build-release --projects=tag:instrumentation
 
-      - name: Clean up build artifacts
-        run: |
-          find . -name "*.pyc" -delete
-          find . -name "__pycache__" -type d -exec rm -rf {} + || true
-
       - run: mkdir instrumentations-dist
       - run: cp packages/opentelemetry-instrumentation-*/dist/* instrumentations-dist
 
@@ -127,41 +101,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Poetry
         uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
 
-      - name: Configure Poetry for CI optimization
-        run: |
-          poetry config virtualenvs.create false
-          poetry config virtualenvs.in-project false
-
-      - name: Cache Poetry dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ~/.cache/pypoetry
-          key: poetry-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/poetry.lock') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            poetry-${{ runner.os }}-
-
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: 18
 
-      - name: Cache Nx
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: .nx/cache
-          key: nx-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('nx.json', 'package-lock.json') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            nx-${{ runner.os }}-
-
       - run: npm ci
 
       - name: Build Traceloop SDK
         run: npx nx run traceloop-sdk:build-release
 
-      - name: Clean up build artifacts
-        run: |
-          find . -name "*.pyc" -delete
-          find . -name "__pycache__" -type d -exec rm -rf {} + || true
-
       - name: Publish release distributions to PyPI
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with: