diff --git a/.github/actions/run-and-record-tests/action.yml b/.github/actions/run-and-record-tests/action.yml
index 5012e141d..60550cfdc 100644
--- a/.github/actions/run-and-record-tests/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/run-and-record-tests/action.yml
@@ -36,11 +36,7 @@ runs:
     - name: Run Integration Tests
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        # TODO: make sure this virtual environment is the same as the one used in the setup-runner action
-        VIRTUAL_ENV=github-actions-runner
-        source $VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/activate
-
-        uv run --verbose --active --no-sync ./scripts/integration-tests.sh \
+        uv run --no-sync ./scripts/integration-tests.sh \
           --stack-config '${{ inputs.stack-config }}' \
           --provider '${{ inputs.provider }}' \
           --test-subdirs '${{ inputs.test-subdirs }}' \
diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-runner/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-runner/action.yml
index 77fb58d53..905d6b73a 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-runner/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-runner/action.yml
@@ -21,14 +21,8 @@ runs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        # explicitly setup a virtual environment distinct from the project one because
-        # we are going to manipulate it via `llama stack build` among other things.
-        VIRTUAL_ENV=github-actions-runner
-        uv venv $VIRTUAL_ENV
-        source $VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/activate
-
         echo "Updating project dependencies via uv sync"
-        uv sync --active --all-groups
+        uv sync --all-groups
 
         echo "Installing ad-hoc dependencies"
         uv pip install faiss-cpu
diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-test-environment/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-test-environment/action.yml
index 3bdfb9670..d830e3d13 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-test-environment/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-test-environment/action.yml
@@ -42,9 +42,6 @@ runs:
     - name: Build Llama Stack
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        VIRTUAL_ENV=github-actions-runner
-        source $VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/activate
-
         # Install llama-stack-client-python based on the client-version input
         if [ "${{ inputs.client-version }}" = "latest" ]; then
           echo "Installing latest llama-stack-client-python from main branch"
@@ -60,7 +57,7 @@ runs:
         echo "Building Llama Stack"
 
         LLAMA_STACK_DIR=. \
-          uv run --active --no-sync llama stack build --template ci-tests --image-type venv
+          uv run --no-sync llama stack build --template ci-tests --image-type venv
 
     - name: Configure git for commits
       shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/install-script-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/install-script-ci.yml
index 5dc2b4412..1ecda6d51 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/install-script-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/install-script-ci.yml
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build a single provider
         run: |
-          USE_COPY_NOT_MOUNT=true LLAMA_STACK_DIR=. uv run llama stack build --template starter --image-type container --image-name test
+          USE_COPY_NOT_MOUNT=true LLAMA_STACK_DIR=. uv run --no-sync \
+            llama stack build --template starter --image-type container --image-name test
 
       - name: Run installer end-to-end
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-vector-io-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/integration-vector-io-tests.yml
index 10deb1740..61b8e004e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-vector-io-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-vector-io-tests.yml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Build Llama Stack
         run: |
-          uv run llama stack build --template ci-tests --image-type venv
+          uv run --no-sync llama stack build --template ci-tests --image-type venv
 
       - name: Check Storage and Memory Available Before Tests
         if: ${{ always() }}
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ jobs:
           ENABLE_WEAVIATE: ${{ matrix.vector-io-provider == 'remote::weaviate' && 'true' || '' }}
           WEAVIATE_CLUSTER_URL: ${{ matrix.vector-io-provider == 'remote::weaviate' && 'localhost:8080' || '' }}
         run: |
-          uv run pytest -sv --stack-config="files=inline::localfs,inference=inline::sentence-transformers,vector_io=${{ matrix.vector-io-provider }}" \
+          uv run --no-sync \
+            pytest -sv --stack-config="files=inline::localfs,inference=inline::sentence-transformers,vector_io=${{ matrix.vector-io-provider }}" \
             tests/integration/vector_io \
             --embedding-model inline::sentence-transformers/all-MiniLM-L6-v2
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-external.yml b/.github/workflows/test-external.yml
index 5ec9ef257..b9db0ad51 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-external.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-external.yml
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Print distro dependencies
         run: |
-          USE_COPY_NOT_MOUNT=true LLAMA_STACK_DIR=. uv run llama stack build --config tests/external/build.yaml --print-deps-only
+          USE_COPY_NOT_MOUNT=true LLAMA_STACK_DIR=. uv run --no-sync llama stack build --config tests/external/build.yaml --print-deps-only
 
       - name: Build distro from config file
         run: |
-          USE_COPY_NOT_MOUNT=true LLAMA_STACK_DIR=. uv run llama stack build --config tests/external/build.yaml
+          USE_COPY_NOT_MOUNT=true LLAMA_STACK_DIR=. uv run --no-sync llama stack build --config tests/external/build.yaml
 
       - name: Start Llama Stack server in background
         if: ${{ matrix.image-type }} == 'venv'