diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-jupyterhub-base-images.yaml.disabled b/.github/workflows/deploy-jupyterhub-base-images.yaml
similarity index 87%
rename from .github/workflows/deploy-jupyterhub-base-images.yaml.disabled
rename to .github/workflows/deploy-jupyterhub-base-images.yaml
index c7650dae7..97bc73f97 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-jupyterhub-base-images.yaml.disabled
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-jupyterhub-base-images.yaml
@@ -58,14 +58,7 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
         uses: google-github-actions/setup-gcloud@v2
         with:
-          install_components: 'gke-gcloud-auth-plugin,kubectl'
-
-      - name: Get GKE credentials for the cluster
-        if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
-        uses: 'google-github-actions/get-gke-credentials@v2'
-        with:
-          cluster_name: ${{ secrets.GKE_CLUSTER_NAME }}
-          location: ${{ secrets.GKE_CLUSTER_LOCATION }}
+          install_components: 'gke-gcloud-auth-plugin'
 
       - name: Install SOPS
         if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
@@ -94,7 +87,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Deploy base hub images to staging
         if: ${{ env.DEPLOY }}
         run: |
+          ignored_directories=("template")
           while read deployment; do
+            for ignored in "${ignored_directories[@]}"; do
+              if [[ "${deployment}" == "${ignored}" ]]; then
+                continue 2 # skip to the next "while read deployment"
+              fi
+            done
             echo "Pretending to deploy base hub image to ${deployment}  :P"
             echo "hubploy deploy --debug ${deployment} hub staging"
-          done < <(kubectl get namespaces -A  | grep -e staging | awk -F"-" '{print$1}')
+          done < <(find deployments/ -maxdepth 1 -type d -printf '%f\n' | grep -v template)