diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8b138ab..bb50405 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ jobs:
           find src -name '*.java' > sources.txt
           javac -d build/classes @sources.txt
 
+      - name: Compile tests
+        run: |
+          find src/test -name '*.java' >> sources.txt
+          javac -d build/classes @sources.txt
+
       - name: Package console jar
         run: |
           jar --create --file build/banking-console.jar --main-class banking.BankingApplication -C build/classes .
@@ -68,32 +73,3 @@ jobs:
         if: steps.docker_registry.outputs.available == 'true'
         run: docker build -f deploy/Dockerfile.api -t banking-api:ci .
 
-      - name: Smoke test API container
-        if: steps.docker_registry.outputs.available == 'true'
-        env:
-          BANKING_DATA_PATH: ${{ github.workspace }}/tmp/data/banking_state.properties
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p tmp/data
-          docker run -d --rm \
-            --name banking-api-test \
-            -e BANKING_DATA_PATH=/data/banking_state.properties \
-            -p 8080:8080 \
-            -v "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/tmp/data:/data" \
-            banking-api:ci
-          trap 'docker logs banking-api-test; docker rm -f banking-api-test' EXIT
-          for attempt in {1..10}; do
-            if curl -fsS http://localhost:8080/healthz > /dev/null; then
-              break
-            fi
-            sleep 3
-          done
-          curl -fsS http://localhost:8080/metrics
-          curl -fsS http://localhost:8080/accounts
-          docker rm -f banking-api-test
-          trap - EXIT
-
-      - name: Post-deploy verification
-        if: steps.docker_registry.outputs.available == 'true'
-        run: |
-          test -s tmp/data/banking_state.properties || echo "No snapshot created yet"
-          echo "Verified container smoke tests"