diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
index bc15da4..5a58da1 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@ jobs:
 
     services:
       db:
-        # Fully qualified, matching docker/dev/docker-compose.yml: the runner is
-        # podman-backed and a bare name depends on unqualified-search-registries.
-        image: docker.io/library/mysql:8.0
+        image: mysql:8.0
         env:
           MYSQL_DATABASE: testing
           MYSQL_USER: incr_user
@@ -39,18 +37,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Prepare environment
         run: cp .env.testing .env
 
-      # Temporary: db resolves but refuses :3306. Capture what the service
-      # container is actually doing before assuming a cause.
-      - name: Probe the db service
-        continue-on-error: true
-        run: |
-          echo "--- ports responding on db ---"
-          for p in 3306 33060 80; do
-            php -r "\$f=@fsockopen('db',$p,\$n,\$e,2); echo '$p: '.(\$f?'open':\$e).PHP_EOL;"
-          done
-          echo "--- can we reach ourselves? (sanity) ---"
-          php -r '$f=@fsockopen("127.0.0.1",1,$n,$e,1); echo "localhost:1 -> $e".PHP_EOL;'
-
       - name: Wait for MySQL
         run: |
           for i in $(seq 1 30); do