diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index 502b899e..0992039f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ on: push
 
 
 jobs:
-  # uploading master and devel tarballs to web server, for use in subsequent tests
+  # uploading master and devel tarballs as artifacts, for use in subsequent tests
   # the base tests that use these uploaded tarballs are the DIRAC "pilot wrapper" tests:
   # https://github.com/DIRACGrid/DIRAC/actions?query=workflow%3A%22pilot+wrapper%22
   # (triggered by https://github.com/DIRACGrid/DIRAC/blob/integration/.github/workflows/pilotWrapper.yml)
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: create artifacts
         run: |
-          pwd
           mkdir tmp_dir
           cp Pilot/*.py tmp_dir/
           cp tests/pilot.json tmp_dir/
@@ -40,13 +39,8 @@ jobs:
           tar -cf pilot.tar *.py
           # make the checksums file
           sha512sum pilot.tar pilot.json *.py > checksums.sha512
-          cd ..
-          cp tmp_dir/checksums.sha512 .
-          cp tmp_dir/pilot.tar .
-          pwd
-          ls -l
-          cp tmp_dir/checksums.sha512 ../
-          cp tmp_dir/pilot.tar ../
+          # remove unneeded files
+          rm *.py
 
       - name: upload artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4