diff --git a/.github/workflows/ui-tests-critical.yml b/.github/workflows/ui-tests-critical.yml
index 924b987022..89416893ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ui-tests-critical.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ui-tests-critical.yml
@@ -61,9 +61,6 @@ jobs:
       - run: make init-ci-build
       - run: make xcode-ci
 
-      - name: Boot simulator
-        run: ./scripts/ci-boot-simulator.sh
-
       - name: Run SwiftUI Crash Test
         run: |
           ./TestSamples/SwiftUICrashTest/test-crash-and-relaunch.sh --screenshots-dir "swiftui-crash-test-screenshots"
diff --git a/scripts/ci-boot-simulator.sh b/scripts/ci-boot-simulator.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index d06763dcc0..0000000000
--- a/scripts/ci-boot-simulator.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# We boot the simulator because the GitHub Actions runner sometimes fails to launch the simulator.
-# We do this manually to know immediately if the simulator is not booting.
-# Because otherwise we compile the tests first and then try to boot the simulator.
-
-# For available Xcode and simulator versions see:
-# - https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/macos/macos-13-Readme.md
-# - https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/macos/macos-14-Readme.md
-# - https://github.com/actions/runner-images/blob/main/images/macos/macos-15-Readme.md
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-# Parse named arguments
-XCODE_VERSION="16.2" # Default value
-
-while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
-    case $1 in
-        -x|--xcode)
-            XCODE_VERSION="$2"
-            shift 2
-            ;;
-        *)
-            echo "Unknown argument: $1"
-            echo "Usage: $0 [-x|--xcode <version>]"
-            exit 1
-            ;;
-    esac
-done
-
-SIMULATOR="iPhone 16"
-
-# Select simulator based on Xcode version
-case "$XCODE_VERSION" in
-    "14.3.1")
-        SIMULATOR="iPhone 14"
-        ;;
-    "15.4")
-        SIMULATOR="iPhone 15"
-        ;;
-    "16.2")
-        SIMULATOR="iPhone 16"
-        ;;
-    *)
-        SIMULATOR="iPhone 16" # Default fallback
-        ;;
-esac
-
-echo "Booting simulator $SIMULATOR"
-xcrun simctl boot "$SIMULATOR"
-
-# Wait for the simulator to boot
-# We need to wait for the simulator to boot to avoid the test to fail due to timeout (because the simulator is not booted yet)
-xcrun simctl bootstatus "$SIMULATOR"
-
-# Print details about the booted simulator, iOS version, etc.
-xcrun simctl list devices --json | jq '.devices | to_entries[] | select(.value[] | .state == "Booted")'