diff --git a/.github/actions/e2e_emergency_ssh/action.yml b/.github/actions/e2e_emergency_ssh/action.yml
index 7e52f36e7..f0e5f9650 100644
--- a/.github/actions/e2e_emergency_ssh/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/e2e_emergency_ssh/action.yml
@@ -14,16 +14,13 @@ runs:
   steps:
     - name: Test emergency ssh
       shell: bash
-      working-directory: e2e/emergency-ssh
       env:
         KUBECONFIG: ${{ inputs.kubeconfig }}
       run: |
         # Activate emergency ssh access to the cluster
-        pushd "${{ inputs.workspace }}/constellation-terraform"
         echo "emergency_ssh = true" >> terraform.tfvars
         terraform apply -auto-approve
         lb="$(terraform output -raw loadbalancer_address)"
-        popd
 
         # write ssh config
         cat > ssh_config <<EOF
@@ -39,7 +36,6 @@ runs:
         EOF
 
         # generate and try keypair
-        cp "${{ inputs.workspace }}/constellation-mastersecret.json" .
         ssh-keygen -t ecdsa -q -N "" -f ./access-key
         constellation ssh --debug --key ./access-key.pub
         internalIPs="$(kubectl get nodes -o=jsonpath='{.items[*].status.addresses}' | jq -r '.[] | select(.type == "InternalIP") | .address')"