diff --git a/.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml b/.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml
index 2e3be594a8..a024d0a21f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/basic-ci-amd64.yaml
@@ -251,8 +251,6 @@ jobs:
         run: bash tests/functional/vfio/gha-run.sh run
 
   run-docker-tests:
-    # TODO: Transition to free runner (see #9940).
-    if: false
     strategy:
       # We can set this to true whenever we're 100% sure that
       # all the tests are not flaky, otherwise we'll fail them
@@ -262,7 +260,7 @@ jobs:
         vmm:
           - clh
           - qemu
-    runs-on: garm-ubuntu-2304-smaller
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     env:
       KATA_HYPERVISOR: ${{ matrix.vmm }}
     steps:
diff --git a/tests/integration/docker/gha-run.sh b/tests/integration/docker/gha-run.sh
index 82e20ebba6..6860cd108a 100755
--- a/tests/integration/docker/gha-run.sh
+++ b/tests/integration/docker/gha-run.sh
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ image="${image:-instrumentisto/nmap:latest}"
 function install_dependencies() {
 	info "Installing the dependencies needed for running the docker smoke test"
 
-	install_docker
-
 	sudo -E docker pull "${image}"
 }