diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheels-push.yml b/.github/workflows/build-wheels-push.yml
index be6fa191c8..49b62b0a6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheels-push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheels-push.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Build wheels
-        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.17
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.18.1
         env:
           CIBW_BUILD: ${{ matrix.python }}-${{ matrix.buildplat[1] }}
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/build-wheels.yml
index 3c37560e68..09a7b555dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-wheels.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Build wheels
-        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.17
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.18.1
         env:
           CIBW_BUILD: ${{ matrix.python }}-${{ matrix.buildplat[1] }}
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 53c723bbb2..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-# just for reference, OK for CPython, not PyPa 
-name: Wheels
-
-on: []
-  # workflow_dispatch:
-  # pull_request:
-  # push:
-  #   branches:
-  #    - master
-  # release:
-  #   types:
-  #     - published
-
-env:
-  FORCE_COLOR: 3
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-jobs:
-  build_sdist:
-    name: Build SDist
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        submodules: true
-
-    - name: Build SDist
-      run: pipx run build --sdist
-
-    - name: Check metadata
-      run: pipx run twine check dist/*
-
-    # - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-    #   with:
-    #     path: dist/*.tar.gz
-
-
-  build_wheels:
-    name: Wheels on ${{ matrix.os }}
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        submodules: true
-
-    - uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.17
-      env:
-        CIBW_ARCHS_MACOS: universal2
-        CIBW_ARCHS_WINDOWS: auto ARM64
-
-    - name: Verify clean directory
-      run: git diff --exit-code
-      shell: bash
-
-    # - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-    #   with:
-    #     path: wheelhouse/*.whl
-
-
-  # upload_all:
-  #   name: Upload if release
-  #   needs: [build_wheels, build_sdist]
-  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-  #   if: github.event_name == 'release' && github.event.action == 'published'
-  #   environment: pypi
-  #   permissions:
-  #     id-token: write
-
-  #   steps:
-  #   - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-  #     with:
-  #       python-version: "3.x"
-
-  #   - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-  #     with:
-  #       name: artifact
-  #       path: dist
-
-  #   - uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1