diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-staging.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-staging.yml
index d2cf4552..63d668c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-staging.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-staging.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Deploy staging
+name: Deploy staging content
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch: {}
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   deploy:
-    name: Deploy to staging
+    name: Publish content to staging
     # Deploy only the exact staging branch ref, never a tag or other ref
     # (workflow_dispatch can be invoked from arbitrary refs).
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/staging'
@@ -34,20 +34,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Resolve governance comparison ref
-        id: governance-ref
-        shell: bash
-        env:
-          EVENT_NAME: ${{ github.event_name }}
-          EVENT_BEFORE: ${{ github.event.before }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          if [[ "${EVENT_NAME}" == "push" && -n "${EVENT_BEFORE}" && ! "${EVENT_BEFORE}" =~ ^0+$ ]]; then
-            base="${EVENT_BEFORE}"
-          else
-            base="origin/dev"
-          fi
-          printf 'base=%s\n' "${base}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
       - name: Set up Terraform
         uses: hashicorp/setup-terraform@dfe3c3f87815947d99a8997f908cb6525fc44e9e # v4.0.1
         with:
@@ -61,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Quality gates (full verify before any deploy)
         run: npm ci && npm run verify
         env:
-          GOVERNANCE_BASE: ${{ steps.governance-ref.outputs.base }}
+          GOVERNANCE_BASE: origin/dev
 
       - name: Assume staging deploy role (OIDC)
         uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@e6de054238d6b7531b4efff3b6587d9aade6a06c # v6.2.3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-tf-poc.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-tf-poc.yml
index 33bc3a6b..3a50331b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-tf-poc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-tf-poc.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Deploy Terraform POC
+name: Deploy tf-poc content
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch: {}
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   deploy:
-    name: Deploy to tf-poc
+    name: Publish content to tf-poc
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/feature/terraform-cd-poc'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment: tf-poc
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index bd0eceb6..58126309 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Deploy
+name: Deploy dev content
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch: {}
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 jobs:
   deploy:
-    name: Deploy to dev
+    name: Publish content to dev
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/dev'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env: