diff --git a/pkg/runner/runner.go b/pkg/runner/runner.go
index 98b43d4..22c8ea6 100644
--- a/pkg/runner/runner.go
+++ b/pkg/runner/runner.go
@@ -65,8 +65,7 @@ type Config struct {
 	ContainerNamePrefix   string                       // the prefix of container name
 	ContainerMaxLifetime  time.Duration                // the max lifetime of job containers
 	ContainerNetworkMode  docker_container.NetworkMode // the network mode of job containers (the value of --network)
-	DefaultActionInstance string                       // Deprecated: use DefaultActionsURLs instead.
-	DefaultActionsURLs    []string                     // urls from gitea's `DEFAULT_ACTIONS_URL` config
+	DefaultActionInstance string                       // the default actions web site
 	PlatformPicker        func(labels []string) string // platform picker, it will take precedence over Platforms if isn't nil
 	JobLoggerLevel        *log.Level                   // the level of job logger
 	ValidVolumes          []string                     // only volumes (and bind mounts) in this slice can be mounted on the job container or service containers
diff --git a/pkg/runner/step_action_remote.go b/pkg/runner/step_action_remote.go
index 0b5c5be..28a49d0 100644
--- a/pkg/runner/step_action_remote.go
+++ b/pkg/runner/step_action_remote.go
@@ -5,13 +5,11 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
-	"time"
 
 	gogit "github.com/go-git/go-git/v5"
 
@@ -20,8 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/nektos/act/pkg/model"
 )
 
-var detectActionClient = http.Client{Timeout: 5 * time.Second}
-
 type stepActionRemote struct {
 	Step                *model.Step
 	RunContext          *RunContext
@@ -61,14 +57,9 @@ func (sar *stepActionRemote) prepareActionExecutor() common.Executor {
 			}
 		}
 
-		cloneURL, err := sar.remoteAction.GetAvailableCloneURL(sar.RunContext.Config.DefaultActionsURLs)
-		if err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get available clone url of [%s] action, error: %w", sar.Step.Uses, err)
-		}
-
 		actionDir := fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", sar.RunContext.ActionCacheDir(), safeFilename(sar.Step.Uses))
 		gitClone := stepActionRemoteNewCloneExecutor(git.NewGitCloneExecutorInput{
-			URL:   cloneURL,
+			URL:   sar.remoteAction.CloneURL(sar.RunContext.Config.DefaultActionInstance),
 			Ref:   sar.remoteAction.Ref,
 			Dir:   actionDir,
 			Token: "", /*
@@ -237,32 +228,6 @@ func (ra *remoteAction) IsCheckout() bool {
 	return false
 }
 
-func (ra *remoteAction) GetAvailableCloneURL(actionURLs []string) (string, error) {
-	if ra.URL != "" {
-		return ra.CloneURL(ra.URL), nil
-	}
-	for _, u := range actionURLs {
-		cloneURL := ra.CloneURL(u)
-		resp, err := detectActionClient.Get(cloneURL)
-		if err != nil {
-			return "", err
-		}
-		defer resp.Body.Close()
-
-		switch resp.StatusCode {
-		case http.StatusOK:
-			return cloneURL, nil
-		case http.StatusNotFound:
-			continue
-
-		default:
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("unexpected http status code: %d", resp.StatusCode)
-		}
-	}
-
-	return "", fmt.Errorf("no available url found")
-}
-
 func newRemoteAction(action string) *remoteAction {
 	// support http(s)://host/owner/repo@v3
 	for _, schema := range []string{"https://", "http://"} {