diff --git a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
index 81cb0c4c37..4d29f30f65 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 name: 'Setup'
 description: 'Initialize cache, env var load'
 inputs:
-  enable-node-modules-cache:
-    description: 'enable caching for node modules'
-    required: false
-    type: boolean
-    default: 'true'
   cache-suffix:
     description: 'Suffix to make Nx cache key unique per job (e.g. matrix project name)'
     required: false
@@ -24,9 +19,6 @@ outputs:
   npm-tag:
     description: 'NPM tag'
     value: ${{ steps.set-npm-tag.outputs.npm-tag }}
-  node-modules-cache-hit:
-    description: 'Whether node_modules cache was hit'
-    value: ${{ steps.node-modules-cache.outputs.cache-hit }}
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
@@ -48,19 +40,9 @@ runs:
         if: ${{ inputs.full-setup == 'true' }}
         id: set-npm-tag
         uses: ./.github/actions/set-npm-tag
-      - name: Get pnpm store directory
-        id: pnpm-cache
+      - name: Install dependencies
         shell: bash
-        run: echo "STORE_PATH=$(pnpm store path --silent)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      - name: Cache pnpm store
-        id: node-modules-cache
-        if: ${{ inputs.enable-node-modules-cache == 'true' }}
-        uses: actions/cache@27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae # v5.0.5
-        with:
-          path: ${{ steps.pnpm-cache.outputs.STORE_PATH }}
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-store-${{ hashFiles('pnpm-lock.yaml') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-store-
+        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
       - name: Restore nx cache
         uses: actions/cache/restore@27d5ce7f107fe9357f9df03efb73ab90386fccae # v5.0.5
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-lib-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/build-lib-workflow.yml
index 7677d369c6..5d7a8bd0d8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-lib-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-lib-workflow.yml
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           cache-suffix: build
           full-setup: 'false'
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        if: ${{ steps.setup-env.outputs.node-modules-cache-hit != 'true' }}
-        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
       - name: Build affected libs
         env:
           BASE_REF: ${{ inputs.base_ref }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
index bb5b2f8cd0..cb15375348 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
@@ -180,9 +180,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
         with:
           cache-suffix: setup
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        if: ${{ steps.setup-env.outputs.node-modules-cache-hit != 'true' }}
-        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
       - name: Bundle
         run: |
           pnpm run bundle:js-api
@@ -209,9 +206,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           cache-suffix: lint
           full-setup: 'false'
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        if: ${{ steps.setup-env.outputs.node-modules-cache-hit != 'true' }}
-        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
       - name: Run lint
         env:
           BASE_REF: ${{ github.base_ref || 'develop' }}
@@ -245,9 +239,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           cache-suffix: storybook
           full-setup: 'false'
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        if: ${{ steps.setup-env.outputs.node-modules-cache-hit != 'true' }}
-        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
       - name: Build Storybook
         env:
           BASE_REF: ${{ github.base_ref || 'develop' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-test-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-test-workflow.yml
index 8c313446e1..07d8933eac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-test-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-test-workflow.yml
@@ -26,9 +26,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: ./.github/actions/setup
         with:
           cache-suffix: test-matrix
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        if: ${{ steps.setup-env.outputs.node-modules-cache-hit != 'true' }}
-        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
       - name: Generate affected projects matrix
         id: set-matrix
         env:
@@ -72,9 +69,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           cache-suffix: test-${{ matrix.project }}
           full-setup: 'false'
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        if: ${{ steps.setup-env.outputs.node-modules-cache-hit != 'true' }}
-        run: pnpm install --frozen-lockfile
       - name: Run unit tests for ${{ matrix.project }}
         env:
           NODE_OPTIONS: "--max-old-space-size=5120"