diff --git a/apps/github-runner/github-runner.yaml b/apps/github-runner/github-runner.yaml
index 85b4e30..09a6e75 100644
--- a/apps/github-runner/github-runner.yaml
+++ b/apps/github-runner/github-runner.yaml
@@ -215,17 +215,13 @@ spec:
             - name: RUN_AS_ROOT
               value: "false"
             # Sprint 30 Cl-1 pod-env fix (2026-05-21): retire the per-workflow
-            # DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR patch by setting it (+ siblings) here so ALL
-            # flipped Linux repos pick it up automatically. setup-dotnet@v4
-            # default writes to /usr/share/dotnet (root-only) or HOME-relative
-            # ~/.dotnet without HOME guard; pin both explicitly to the chowned
-            # emptyDir at /home/runner.
-            - name: DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR
-              value: "/home/runner/.dotnet"
+            # DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR patch by setting siblings here so ALL flipped
+            # Linux repos pick them up automatically. setup-dotnet@v4 default
+            # writes to /usr/share/dotnet (root-only) or HOME-relative ~/.dotnet
+            # without HOME guard; the DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR + NUGET_PACKAGES pins
+            # above already point at the chowned emptyDir at /home/runner.
             - name: DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT
               value: "1"
-            - name: NUGET_PACKAGES
-              value: "/home/runner/.nuget/packages"
             - name: DOTNET_NOLOGO
               value: "1"
             - name: DOTNET_GENERATE_ASPNET_CERTIFICATE
@@ -375,12 +371,9 @@ spec:
             - name: RUN_AS_ROOT
               value: "false"
             # Sprint 30 Cl-1 pod-env fix (2026-05-21): retire per-workflow patch.
-            - name: DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR
-              value: "/home/runner/.dotnet"
+            # DOTNET_INSTALL_DIR + NUGET_PACKAGES already pinned above.
             - name: DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT
               value: "1"
-            - name: NUGET_PACKAGES
-              value: "/home/runner/.nuget/packages"
             - name: DOTNET_NOLOGO
               value: "1"
             - name: DOTNET_GENERATE_ASPNET_CERTIFICATE