diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
index 7fa0304cb37..6adcc538df8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yaml
@@ -71,27 +71,19 @@ jobs:
               - '!java/**'
               - '!notebooks/**'
               - '!python/**'
-              # TODO: Remove this before merging
-              - '!.github/**'
             java:
               - '**'
               - '!docs/**'
               - '!notebooks/**'
               - '!python/**'
-              # TODO: Remove this before merging
-              - '!.github/**'
             notebooks:
               - '**'
               - '!java/**'
-              # TODO: Remove this before merging
-              - '!.github/**'
             python:
               - '**'
               - '!docs/**'
               - '!java/**'
               - '!notebooks/**'
-              # TODO: Remove this before merging
-              - '!.github/**'
   checks:
     secrets: inherit
     uses: rapidsai/shared-workflows/.github/workflows/checks.yaml@branch-24.10
diff --git a/docs/cudf/source/user_guide/10min.ipynb b/docs/cudf/source/user_guide/10min.ipynb
index 6c5efcd3829..c3da2558db8 100644
--- a/docs/cudf/source/user_guide/10min.ipynb
+++ b/docs/cudf/source/user_guide/10min.ipynb
@@ -38,10 +38,6 @@
     "import cudf\n",
     "import dask_cudf\n",
     "\n",
-    "# Test a notebook failure\n",
-    "# TODO: Remove this before merging\n",
-    "exit(1)\n",
-    "\n",
     "cp.random.seed(12)\n",
     "\n",
     "#### Portions of this were borrowed and adapted from the\n",