diff --git a/.github/workflows/cancel-duplicate-runs.yaml b/.github/workflows/cancel-duplicate-runs.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9f74360b034..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/cancel-duplicate-runs.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-name: Cancel
-on:
-  workflow_run:
-    workflows: ["CI", "CI Additional", "CI Upstream"]
-    types:
-      - requested
-jobs:
-  cancel:
-    name: Cancel previous runs
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository == 'pydata/xarray'
-    steps:
-    - uses: styfle/cancel-workflow-action@0.9.1
-      with:
-        workflow_id: ${{ github.event.workflow.id }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-additional.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-additional.yaml
index 3fbe1e2f460..2be3577d883 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-additional.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-additional.yaml
@@ -8,27 +8,14 @@ on:
       - "*"
   workflow_dispatch: # allows you to trigger manually
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
-  skip-duplicate-jobs:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: |
-      github.repository == 'pydata/xarray'
-      && (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'pull_request')
-    outputs:
-      should_skip: ${{ steps.skip_check.outputs.should_skip }}
-    steps:
-      - id: skip_check
-        uses: fkirc/skip-duplicate-actions@v3.4.1
-        with:
-          # For workflows which are triggered concurrently with the same
-          # contents, attempt to execute them exactly once.
-          concurrent_skipping: 'same_content_newer'
-          paths_ignore: '["**/doc/**"]'
   detect-ci-trigger:
     name: detect ci trigger
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: skip-duplicate-jobs
-    if: ${{ needs.skip-duplicate-jobs.outputs.should_skip != 'true' }}
     outputs:
       triggered: ${{ steps.detect-trigger.outputs.trigger-found }}
     steps:
@@ -129,8 +116,6 @@ jobs:
   doctest:
     name: Doctests
     runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
-    needs: skip-duplicate-jobs
-    if: ${{ needs.skip-duplicate-jobs.outputs.should_skip != 'true' }}
     defaults:
       run:
         shell: bash -l {0}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 74603d4398f..c11842bbb04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -8,27 +8,13 @@ on:
       - "*"
   workflow_dispatch: # allows you to trigger manually
 
-jobs:
-  skip-duplicate-jobs:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: |
-      github.repository == 'pydata/xarray'
-      && (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'pull_request')
-    outputs:
-      should_skip: ${{ steps.skip_check.outputs.should_skip }}
-    steps:
-      - id: skip_check
-        uses: fkirc/skip-duplicate-actions@v3.4.1
-        with:
-          # For workflows which are triggered concurrently with the same
-          # contents, attempt to execute them exactly once.
-          concurrent_skipping: 'same_content_newer'
-          paths_ignore: '["**/doc/**"]'
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 
+jobs:
   detect-ci-trigger:
     name: detect ci trigger
-    needs: skip-duplicate-jobs
-    if: ${{ needs.skip-duplicate-jobs.outputs.should_skip != 'true' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       triggered: ${{ steps.detect-trigger.outputs.trigger-found }}
@@ -125,8 +111,6 @@ jobs:
 
   event_file:
     name: "Event File"
-    needs: skip-duplicate-jobs
-    if: ${{ needs.skip-duplicate-jobs.outputs.should_skip != 'true' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Upload
diff --git a/.github/workflows/upstream-dev-ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/upstream-dev-ci.yaml
index 67415331bbd..f1ce442c623 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/upstream-dev-ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/upstream-dev-ci.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ on:
     - cron: "0 0 * * *" # Daily “At 00:00” UTC
   workflow_dispatch: # allows you to trigger the workflow run manually
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 jobs:
   detect-ci-trigger:
     name: detect upstream-dev ci trigger