diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-cpu.yml b/.github/workflows/build-cpu.yml
index c15138a423..38e79b9d23 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-cpu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-cpu.yml
@@ -216,20 +216,6 @@ jobs:
           $dest = ".\build\bin\Release"
           Copy-Item (Join-Path $root "bin\libomp.dll") $dest
 
-      - name: Validate LLVM OpenMP imports
-        if: ${{ matrix.openmp }}
-        run: |
-          $dest = ".\build\bin\Release"
-          $imports = Get-ChildItem (Join-Path $dest "*") -File -Include *.dll,*.exe |
-            ForEach-Object { (& llvm-readobj --coff-imports $_.FullName) -join "`n" } |
-            Out-String
-          if ($imports -notmatch "(?im)^\s*Name: libomp\.dll$") {
-            throw "No built binary imports libomp.dll"
-          }
-          if ($imports -match "(?i)libomp140") {
-            throw "A built binary imports the non-redistributable libomp140 runtime"
-          }
-
       - name: Add libopenblas.dll
         id: add_libopenblas_dll
         if: ${{ matrix.build == 'x64-openblas' }}
@@ -237,15 +223,6 @@ jobs:
           cp $env:RUNNER_TEMP/openblas/bin/libopenblas.dll ./build/bin/Release/openblas.dll
           cp $env:RUNNER_TEMP/OpenBLAS.LICENSE.txt ./build/bin/Release/OpenBLAS-${env:OPENBLAS_VERSION}.txt
 
-      - name: Validate embedded LLVM license
-        if: ${{ matrix.arch == 'x64' }}
-        run: |
-          $licenses = (& .\build\bin\Release\llama.exe licenses) -join "`n"
-          $expected = "${{ matrix.openmp }}" -eq "true"
-          if (($licenses -match "License for LLVM") -ne $expected) {
-            throw "Unexpected LLVM license embedding state"
-          }
-
       - name: Test
         id: cmake_test
         if: ${{ matrix.arch == 'x64' }}
@@ -253,13 +230,6 @@ jobs:
           cd build
           ctest -L main -C Release --verbose --timeout 900
 
-      - name: Upload Windows ARM64 test binaries
-        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'arm64' }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
-        with:
-          name: windows-arm64-openmp-ci
-          path: build/bin/Release/*
-
       # TODO: disabled for now, consider adding tests for all CPU variants instead
       # - name: Test (Intel SDE)
       #   id: cmake_test_sde
@@ -273,29 +243,3 @@ jobs:
       #     cd build
       #     $env:LLAMA_SKIP_TESTS_SLOW_ON_EMULATOR = 1
       #     & $sde -future -- ctest -L main -C Release --verbose --timeout 900
-
-  windows-arm64-openmp:
-    needs: [windows]
-    runs-on: windows-11-arm
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Download Windows ARM64 test binaries
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v7
-        with:
-          name: windows-arm64-openmp-ci
-          path: bin
-
-      - name: Test LLVM OpenMP runtime
-        run: |
-          $env:OMP_NUM_THREADS = 2
-          $imports = Get-ChildItem .\bin\* -File -Include *.dll,*.exe |
-            ForEach-Object { (& llvm-readobj --coff-imports $_.FullName) -join "`n" } |
-            Out-String
-          if ($imports -notmatch "(?im)^\s*Name: libomp\.dll$") {
-            throw "No ARM64 test binary imports libomp.dll"
-          }
-          $licenses = (& .\bin\llama.exe licenses) -join "`n"
-          if ($licenses -notmatch "License for LLVM") {
-            throw "LLVM license is not embedded in llama.exe"
-          }
-          & .\bin\test-quantize-fns.exe
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index bef48ac814..58d0b7125a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -757,17 +757,6 @@ jobs:
           $dest = ".\build\bin\Release"
           Copy-Item (Join-Path $root "bin\libomp.dll") $dest
           Copy-Item LICENSE $dest
-
-          $imports = Get-ChildItem (Join-Path $dest "*") -File -Include *.dll,*.exe |
-            ForEach-Object { (& llvm-readobj --coff-imports $_.FullName) -join "`n" } |
-            Out-String
-          if ($imports -notmatch "(?im)^\s*Name: libomp\.dll$") {
-            throw "No packaged binary imports libomp.dll"
-          }
-          if ($imports -match "(?i)libomp140") {
-            throw "A packaged binary imports the non-redistributable libomp140 runtime"
-          }
-
           7z a -snl llama-bin-win-cpu-${{ matrix.arch }}.zip .\build\bin\Release\*
 
       - name: Upload artifacts
@@ -1628,7 +1617,6 @@ jobs:
       - get-version
       - windows
       - windows-cpu
-      - windows-cpu-arm64-smoke
       - windows-cuda
       #- windows-sycl
       - windows-rocm