diff --git a/.github/workflows/qemu.yml b/.github/workflows/qemu.yml
index b8d2cb328c..52a71738ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/qemu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/qemu.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Check out repository
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-    - name: Create guest image
+    - name: Create guest VM image
       uses: ./.github/actions/create-guest-image
       with:
         distro: ${{ env.DISTRO }}
@@ -56,13 +56,8 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/actions/build-qemu
     - name: Create backing file for NVMe device
       run: truncate -s 1G nvme0.img
-    - name: Enable KVM group permissions https://github.blog/changelog/2023-02-23-hardware-accelerated-android-virtualization-on-actions-windows-and-linux-larger-hosted-runners/
-      run: |
-          echo 'KERNEL=="kvm", GROUP="kvm", MODE="0666", OPTIONS+="static_node=kvm"' | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/99-kvm4all.rules
-          sudo udevadm control --reload-rules
-          sudo udevadm trigger --name-match=kvm
 
-    - name: Start VM
+    - name: Start VM and clone/build fio
       uses: ./.github/actions/start-vm
       with:
         image: ${{ env.DISTRO }}.img