diff --git a/swift/.gitignore b/swift/.gitignore
index 445d287f34a..c4a93d763d3 100644
--- a/swift/.gitignore
+++ b/swift/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# directory created by bazel run //swift:create-extractor-pack
-/extractor-pack
-
 # output files created by running tests
 *.o
 
diff --git a/swift/actions/run-ql-tests/action.yml b/swift/actions/run-ql-tests/action.yml
index da10997df44..51cdb03c5f6 100644
--- a/swift/actions/run-ql-tests/action.yml
+++ b/swift/actions/run-ql-tests/action.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ runs:
         codeql test run \
           --threads=0 \
           --ram 50000 \
-          --search-path "${{ github.workspace }}/swift/extractor-pack" \
           --check-databases \
           --check-unused-labels \
           --check-repeated-labels \