diff --git a/.github/codeql-config.yml b/.github/codeql-config.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 65c63597a..000000000
--- a/.github/codeql-config.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2021-2022 MONAI Consortium
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-
-name: "CodeQL config"
-
-paths:
-  - src
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 230b9d82e..7c1d2f0e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ name: CodeQL
 
 on:
   pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'src/**'
+      - '!**.csproj'
   push:
     branches:
       - 'develop'
       - 'main'
-    paths:
-      - src/**
-      - !**.csproj
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ jobs:
       uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
       with:
         languages: csharp
-        config-file: ./.github/codeql-config.yml
 
     - name: Restore Solution
       run: dotnet restore Monai.Deploy.WorkflowManager.sln