diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 919a16a1..114f04fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -54,11 +54,13 @@ jobs:
           terraform_version: ${{ env.TF_VERSION }}
           terraform_wrapper: false
 
-      - name: Config Terraform plugin cache and initialize providers
+      - name: Config Terraform plugin cache
         run: |
           echo 'plugin_cache_dir="$HOME/.terraform.d/plugin-cache"' >~/.terraformrc
           mkdir --parents ~/.terraform.d/plugin-cache
-          sed -i -e '/# CI hook/e cat tests/test-versions.tf' default-versions.tf
+
+      - name: Initialize providers
+        run: |
           terraform init
 
       # avoid conflicts with user-installed providers on local machines
@@ -105,13 +107,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           terraform init
 
-      - name: Config Terraform plugin cache and initialize providers
-        run: |
-          echo 'plugin_cache_dir="$HOME/.terraform.d/plugin-cache"' >~/.terraformrc
-          mkdir --parents ~/.terraform.d/plugin-cache
-          sed -i -e '/# CI hook/e cat tests/test-versions.tf' default-versions.tf
-          terraform init
-
       # avoid conflicts with user-installed providers on local machines
       - name: Pin provider versions
         run: |
@@ -156,13 +151,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           terraform init
 
-      - name: Config Terraform plugin cache and initialize providers
-        run: |
-          echo 'plugin_cache_dir="$HOME/.terraform.d/plugin-cache"' >~/.terraformrc
-          mkdir --parents ~/.terraform.d/plugin-cache
-          sed -i -e '/# CI hook/e cat tests/test-versions.tf' default-versions.tf
-          terraform init
-
       # avoid conflicts with user-installed providers on local machines
       - name: Pin provider versions
         run: |
@@ -207,13 +195,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           terraform init
 
-      - name: Config Terraform plugin cache and initialize providers
-        run: |
-          echo 'plugin_cache_dir="$HOME/.terraform.d/plugin-cache"' >~/.terraformrc
-          mkdir --parents ~/.terraform.d/plugin-cache
-          sed -i -e '/# CI hook/e cat tests/test-versions.tf' default-versions.tf
-          terraform init
-
       # avoid conflicts with user-installed providers on local machines
       - name: Pin provider versions
         run: |
diff --git a/default-versions.tf b/default-versions.tf
index 6f800846..ab57f9e9 100644
--- a/default-versions.tf
+++ b/default-versions.tf
@@ -23,7 +23,14 @@ terraform {
       source  = "hashicorp/google-beta"
       version = ">= 4.36.0" # tftest
     }
-    # CI hook
+    # used in modules
+    archive = {
+      source = "hashicorp/archive"
+    }
+    # used in fast
+    local = {
+      source = "hashicorp/local"
+    }
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/test-versions.tf b/tests/test-versions.tf
deleted file mode 100644
index 2ba9b0df..00000000
--- a/tests/test-versions.tf
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# skip boilerplate check
-archive = { source = "hashicorp/archive" }
-local   = { source = "hashicorp/local" }
-random  = { source = "hashicorp/random" }