diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 888298258..c499f9584 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -284,16 +284,16 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        if: fromJSON(matrix.config.container).image == null
+        if: fromJSON(matrix.config.container) == null
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Checkout
         # actions/checkout@v4 has dependency on a higher version of glibc than available in the Linux container.
-        if: fromJSON(matrix.config.container).image != null
+        if: fromJSON(matrix.config.container) != null
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Install Node.js
-        if: fromJSON(matrix.config.container).image == null
+        if: fromJSON(matrix.config.container) == null
         uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
           node-version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
@@ -301,10 +301,10 @@ jobs:
           cache: 'yarn'
 
       - name: Install Python 3.x
-        if: fromJSON(matrix.config.container).image == null
+        if: fromJSON(matrix.config.container) == null
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
-          python-version: '3.x'
+          python-version: '3.11.x'
 
       - name: Install Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v4
@@ -452,24 +452,6 @@ jobs:
           name: ${{ env.JOB_TRANSFER_ARTIFACT }}
           path: ${{ env.CHANNEL_FILES_PATH }}
 
-  # This job serves only as a container for the logic necessary to allow dependent jobs to run if the
-  # merge-channel-files job was skipped.
-  merge-channel-files-complete:
-    needs:
-      - merge-channel-files
-    if: >
-      always() &&
-      (
-        needs.merge-channel-files.result == 'skipped' ||
-        needs.merge-channel-files.result == 'success'
-      )
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions: {}
-    steps:
-      # GitHub Actions requires every job to have >=1 step.
-      - name: Dummy step
-        run: ''
-
   artifacts:
     name: ${{ matrix.artifact.name }} artifact
     needs:
@@ -546,9 +528,16 @@ jobs:
   publish:
     needs:
       - build-type-determination
-      - merge-channel-files-complete
+      - merge-channel-files
       - changelog
     if: >
+      always() &&
+      needs.build-type-determination.result == 'success' &&
+      (
+        needs.merge-channel-files.result == 'skipped' ||
+        needs.merge-channel-files.result == 'success'
+      ) &&
+      needs.changelog.result == 'success' &&
       needs.build-type-determination.outputs.publish-to-s3 == 'true' &&
       needs.build-type-determination.outputs.is-nightly == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -572,9 +561,17 @@ jobs:
   release:
     needs:
       - build-type-determination
-      - merge-channel-files-complete
+      - merge-channel-files
       - changelog
-    if: needs.build-type-determination.outputs.is-release == 'true'
+    if: >
+      always() &&
+      needs.build-type-determination.result == 'success' &&
+      (
+        needs.merge-channel-files.result == 'skipped' ||
+        needs.merge-channel-files.result == 'success'
+      ) &&
+      needs.changelog.result == 'success' &&
+      needs.build-type-determination.outputs.is-release == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Download [GitHub Actions]
@@ -598,13 +595,6 @@ jobs:
           file_glob: true
           body: ${{ needs.changelog.outputs.BODY }}
 
-      # Temporary measure to prevent release update offers before the manually produced builds are uploaded.
-      # The step must be removed once fully automated builds are regained.
-      - name: Remove "channel update info files" related to manual builds
-        run: |
-          # See: https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/2018
-          rm "${{ env.JOB_TRANSFER_ARTIFACT }}/stable-linux.yml"
-
       - name: Publish Release [S3]
         if: needs.build-type-determination.outputs.publish-to-s3 == 'true'
         uses: docker://plugins/s3