diff --git a/.github/workflows/covector-version-or-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/covector-version-or-publish.yml
index dfcd69390..24c5931e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/covector-version-or-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/covector-version-or-publish.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git config --global user.name "${{ github.event.pusher.name }}"
           git config --global user.email "${{ github.event.pusher.email }}"
-      - name: covector version
+      - name: covector version or publish (publish when no change files present)
         uses: jbolda/covector/packages/action@covector-v0
         id: covector
         with:
@@ -44,37 +44,10 @@ jobs:
           labels: "version updates"
           body: ${{ steps.covector.outputs.change }}
 
-  dump-job-context:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: version-or-publish
-    steps:
-      - name: dump all output
-        env:
-          OUTPUT_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(needs.version-or-publish.outputs) }}
-        run: echo "$OUTPUT_CONTEXT"
-      - name: dump covector output
-        env:
-          COVECTOR_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(needs.version-or-publish.outputs.change) }}
-        run: echo "$COVECTOR_CONTEXT"
-      - name: test successfulPublish
-        if: ${{ needs.version-or-publish.outputs.successfulPublish }} == 'true'
-        run: echo this should be skipped
-      - run: echo ::set-env name=PUBLISHED::$(jq '.${{ matrix.package.name }}.command' ${{ needs.version-or-publish.outputs.change }})
-      - run: echo ::set-env name=PACKAGE_VERSION::$(jq '.${{ matrix.package.name }}.pkg.pkgFile.version' ${{ needs.version-or-publish.outputs.change }})
-      - name: test published false
-        if:  env.PUBLISHED != 'false'
-        run: echo published
-      - name: test published start
-        if:  startsWith(env.PUBLISHED, 'parse error') != true
-        run: echo published
-      - name: test pkg version
-        if:  startsWith(env.PACKAGE_VERSION, 'parse error') != true
-        run: echo published
-
   tangle:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [version-or-publish, dump-job-context]
-    if: false && ${{ needs.version-or-publish.outputs.covector.successfulPublish }} == 'true'
+    needs: version-or-publish
+    if: ${{ needs.version-or-publish.outputs.covector.successfulPublish }} == 'true'
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: