diff --git a/.github/workflows/_e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/_e2e.yml
index 56e8b00e4ee..a19bf290cf8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_e2e.yml
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ jobs:
         run: pnpm dlx concurrently --kill-others --success command-1 "$E2E_RUN_LOCAL_NET_CMD" 'pnpm --filter @iota/graphql-transport test:e2e'
 
       - name: Build explorer
-        if: ${{ inputs.isTypescriptSDK || inputs.isExplorer || inputs.isRust}}
+        if: inputs.isTypescriptSDK || inputs.isExplorer || inputs.isRust
         run: pnpm turbo --filter=iota-explorer build
 
       - name: Run Explorer e2e tests
         # need to run Explorer e2e when its upstream(TS SDK and Rust) or itself is changed
-        if: ${{ inputs.isTypescriptSDK || inputs.isExplorer || inputs.isRust}}
+        if: inputs.isTypescriptSDK || inputs.isExplorer || inputs.isRust
         run: pnpm --filter iota-explorer playwright test
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         if: always()
diff --git a/.github/workflows/_turborepo.yml b/.github/workflows/_turborepo.yml
index ef22b82b163..a3121638471 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/_turborepo.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_turborepo.yml
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ jobs:
         continue-on-error: true
         run: pnpm dlx turbo-ignore iota-wallet
       - name: Wallet Extension Preview Package
-        if: ${{ steps.wallet-diff.outcome == 'failure' }}
+        if: steps.wallet-diff.outcome == 'failure'
         run: pnpm --filter iota-wallet pack:zip
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        if: ${{ steps.wallet-diff.outcome == 'failure' }}
+        if: steps.wallet-diff.outcome == 'failure'
         with:
           name: wallet-extension
           path: apps/wallet/web-ext-artifacts/*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/build-nightly.yml
index 238a723cd66..c3e7df5aa9a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-nightly.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
         run: sudo apt-get install -y libpq-dev
 
       - name: Set os/arch variables
-        if: ${{ matrix.os != 'windows-ghcloud' }}
+        if: matrix.os != 'windows-ghcloud'
         shell: bash
         run: |
           export arch=$(uname -m)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/hierarchy.yml b/.github/workflows/hierarchy.yml
index 66ad7038abc..291206f607e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/hierarchy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/hierarchy.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
   license-check:
     name: license-check
     needs: diff
-    if: always() && ${{ needs.diff.outputs.isRust == 'true' }}
+    if: always() && needs.diff.outputs.isRust == 'true'
     runs-on: [self-hosted]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # Pin v4.1.1
@@ -58,18 +58,18 @@ jobs:
 
   docusaurus:
     needs: diff
-    if: always() && ${{ needs.diff.outputs.isDoc == 'true' }}
+    if: always() && needs.diff.outputs.isDoc == 'true'
     uses: ./.github/workflows/_docusaurus.yml
 
   docs-lint:
     needs: diff
-    if: always() && ${{ needs.diff.outputs.isDoc == 'true' }}
+    if: always() && needs.diff.outputs.isDoc == 'true'
     uses: ./.github/workflows/_docs_lint.yml
 
   release-notes-description-check:
     name: release-notes-check
     needs: diff
-    if: always() && ${{ needs.diff.outputs.isReleaseNotesEligible == 'true' }}
+    if: always() && needs.diff.outputs.isReleaseNotesEligible == 'true'
     runs-on: [self-hosted]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # Pin v4.1.1
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ jobs:
       - dprint-format
       - license-check
       - typos
-    if: always() && ${{ needs.diff.outputs.isRust == 'false' && needs.diff.outputs.isMove == 'true' }} && github.event.pull_request.draft == false
+    if: always() && needs.diff.outputs.isRust == 'false' && needs.diff.outputs.isMove == 'true' && github.event.pull_request.draft == false
     uses: ./.github/workflows/_move_tests.yml
 
   rust:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/links_checker.yml b/.github/workflows/links_checker.yml
index 7b2a1876177..d375fdf9d29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/links_checker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/links_checker.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Create issue from report file
-        if: ${{ steps.last_issue.outputs.has_found == 'false' }}
+        if: steps.last_issue.outputs.has_found == 'false'
         uses: peter-evans/create-issue-from-file@v4
         with:
           title: Link checker report
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
             automated issue
 
       - name: Update last report open issue created
-        if: ${{ steps.last_issue.outputs.has_found == 'true' }}
+        if: steps.last_issue.outputs.has_found == 'true'
         uses: peter-evans/create-issue-from-file@v4
         with:
           title: Link checker report
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
             automated issue
 
       - name: Close last report open issue
-        if: ${{ steps.lychee.outputs.exit_code == 0 }}
+        if: steps.lychee.outputs.exit_code == 0
         uses: peter-evans/close-issue@v3
         with:
           issue-number: ${{ steps.last_issue.outputs.issue_number }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/release-docker.yml
index c77fecc90f8..68144f971cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-docker.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build-iota-node:
-    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.iota_node == 'true' || github.event_name == 'release' }}
+    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.iota_node == 'true' || github.event_name == 'release'
     runs-on: self-hosted
     environment: release
     steps:
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
           pull: true
 
   build-iota-indexer:
-    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.iota_indexer == 'true' || github.event_name == 'release' }}
+    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.iota_indexer == 'true' || github.event_name == 'release'
     runs-on: self-hosted
     environment: release
     steps:
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
           pull: true
 
   build-iota-tools:
-    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.iota_tools == 'true' || github.event_name == 'release' }}
+    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.iota_tools == 'true' || github.event_name == 'release'
     runs-on: self-hosted
     environment: release
     steps:
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ jobs:
           pull: true
 
   build-iota-graphql-rpc:
-    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.iota_graphql_rpc == 'true' || github.event_name == 'release' }}
+    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.iota_graphql_rpc == 'true' || github.event_name == 'release'
     runs-on: self-hosted
     environment: release
     steps:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-notes-monitor.yml b/.github/workflows/release-notes-monitor.yml
index a340b07f763..1883f8548a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-notes-monitor.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-notes-monitor.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
   process-prs:
     name: Processing PR
     needs: [get-list-of-prs]
-    if: ${{ needs.get-list-of-prs.outputs.matrix != '[]' && needs.get-list-of-prs.outputs.matrix != '' }}
+    if: needs.get-list-of-prs.outputs.matrix != '[]' && needs.get-list-of-prs.outputs.matrix != ''
     runs-on: self-hosted
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Adding git tag to processed commit
     runs-on: self-hosted
     needs: [get-list-of-prs]
-    if: ${{ success() && needs.get-list-of-prs.outputs.existing_commit_tag == '' }}
+    if: success() && needs.get-list-of-prs.outputs.existing_commit_tag == ''
     uses: iotaledger/iota/.github/workflows/tag.yml@main
     with:
       iota_commit: ${{ needs.get-list-of-prs.outputs.new_commit_hash }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 7a7afbe7475..dd309c71f4c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "iota_version=${iota_version}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Configure AWS credentials
-        if: ${{ env.TAG_NAME != 'main' }}
+        if: env.TAG_NAME != 'main'
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@e3dd6a429d7300a6a4c196c26e071d42e0343502 # pin v4.0.2
         with:
           aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
           aws-region: us-west-2
 
       - name: Set os/arch variables (Windows)
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-ghcloud' }}
+        if: matrix.os == 'windows-ghcloud'
         shell: bash
         run: |
           export arch=$(uname -m)
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "os_type=${os_type}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Set os/arch variables
-        if: ${{ matrix.os != 'windows-ghcloud' }}
+        if: matrix.os != 'windows-ghcloud'
         shell: bash
         run: |
           export arch=$(uname -m)
@@ -89,29 +89,29 @@ jobs:
           echo "s3_archive_exist=$(curl -Is https://iota-releases.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/releases/iota-${{ env.iota_tag }}-${{ env.os_type }}.tgz | head -n 1 | grep '200 OK')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Download archive, if it exists
-        if: ${{ env.s3_archive_exist != '' }}
+        if: env.s3_archive_exist != ''
         shell: bash
         run: |
           mkdir -p ./target/release
           aws s3 cp s3://iota-releases/releases/iota-${{ env.iota_tag }}-${os_type}.tgz ./target/release/iota-${{ env.iota_tag }}-${os_type}.tgz
 
       - name: Setup caching
-        if: ${{ env.s3_archive_exist == '' }}
+        if: env.s3_archive_exist == ''
         uses: bmwill/rust-cache@v1 # Fork of 'Swatinem/rust-cache' which allows caching additional paths
 
       - name: Install nexttest (Windows)
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-ghcloud' && env.s3_archive_exist == '' }}
+        if: matrix.os == 'windows-ghcloud' && env.s3_archive_exist == ''
         uses: taiki-e/install-action@33022ba120c3f523d134bbbee12278fc11a3df1a # pin@nextest
 
       - name: Setup protoc (Windows)
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-ghcloud' && env.s3_archive_exist == '' }}
+        if: matrix.os == 'windows-ghcloud' && env.s3_archive_exist == ''
         uses: arduino/setup-protoc@c65c819552d16ad3c9b72d9dfd5ba5237b9c906b # pin@v3.0.0
         # this avoids rate-limiting
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Install postgres (Windows)
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-ghcloud' && env.s3_archive_exist == '' }}
+        if: matrix.os == 'windows-ghcloud' && env.s3_archive_exist == ''
         shell: bash
         run: |
           choco install postgresql12 --force --params '/Password:root'
@@ -122,20 +122,20 @@ jobs:
           echo "PG_EXAMPLE_DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:root@localhost/diesel_example" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Checking out ${{ env.iota_tag }}
-        if: ${{ env.s3_archive_exist == '' }}
+        if: env.s3_archive_exist == ''
         uses: actions/checkout@f43a0e5ff2bd294095638e18286ca9a3d1956744 # pin@v3
         with:
           ref: ${{ env.iota_tag }}
 
       - name: cargo build (release) for ${{ matrix.os }} platform
-        if: ${{ env.s3_archive_exist == '' }}
+        if: env.s3_archive_exist == ''
         shell: bash
         run: |
           [ -f ~/.cargo/env ] && source ~/.cargo/env ; cargo build --release
           cd external-crates/move && cargo build -p move-analyzer --release
 
       - name: Rename binaries for ${{ matrix.os }}
-        if: ${{ matrix.os != 'windows-ghcloud' && env.s3_archive_exist == '' }}
+        if: matrix.os != 'windows-ghcloud' && env.s3_archive_exist == ''
         shell: bash
         run: |
           [ -f ./target/release/iota ] && mv ./target/release/iota ./target/release/iota-${os_type}
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ jobs:
           [[ ${{ env.iota_tag }} == *"testnet"* ]] && aws s3 cp ./target/release/iota-${{ env.iota_tag }}-${os_type}.tgz s3://iota-releases/releases/iota-${{ env.iota_tag }}-${os_type}.tgz || true
 
       - name: Rename binaries for Windows
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-ghcloud' && env.s3_archive_exist == '' }}
+        if: matrix.os == 'windows-ghcloud' && env.s3_archive_exist == ''
         shell: bash
         run: |
           [ -f ./target/release/iota.exe ] && cp ./target/release/iota.exe ./target/release/iota-${os_type}.exe
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ jobs:
           [[ ${{ env.iota_tag }} == *"testnet"* ]] && aws s3 cp ./target/release/iota-${{ env.iota_tag }}-${os_type}.tgz s3://iota-releases/releases/iota-${{ env.iota_tag }}-${os_type}.tgz || true
 
       - name: "Publish Windows iota binary to Chocolately"
-        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'windows-ghcloud' && env.s3_archive_exist == '' && contains( env.iota_tag, 'testnet') }}
+        if: matrix.os == 'windows-ghcloud' && env.s3_archive_exist == '' && contains( env.iota_tag, 'testnet')
         working-directory: chocolatey
         continue-on-error: true
         shell: bash
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: release-build
     runs-on: self-hosted
     # releasing iota cli on testnet releases because it lags `main` less than mainnet, but is more likely to be stable than devnet
-    if: ${{ contains( inputs.iota_tag, 'testnet') || contains( github.ref, 'testnet') }}
+    if: contains( inputs.iota_tag, 'testnet') || contains( github.ref, 'testnet')
     steps:
       - name: Clean up tag name ${{ env.TAG_NAME }}
         shell: bash
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Update homebrew-tap iota.rb file
     needs: release-build
     runs-on: self-hosted
-    if: ${{ contains( inputs.iota_tag, 'testnet') || contains( github.ref, 'testnet') }}
+    if: contains( inputs.iota_tag, 'testnet') || contains( github.ref, 'testnet')
     steps:
       - name: Clean up tag name ${{ env.TAG_NAME }}
         shell: bash