diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml b/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
index 009cf788f..bd34b7217 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
@@ -99,23 +99,6 @@ jobs:
           *) FAIL_ON_FAULT=true ; FAULT_TYPE=error ;;
         esac;
         outputs FAIL_ON_FAULT FAULT_TYPE
-        # target-specific options
-        # * CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION
-        CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION='--all-features' ;
-        if [ -n "${{ matrix.job.features }}" ]; then CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION='--features ${{ matrix.job.features }}' ; fi
-        outputs CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION
-        # * determine sub-crate utility list
-        UTILITY_LIST="$(./util/show-utils.sh ${CARGO_FEATURES_OPTION})"
-        echo UTILITY_LIST=${UTILITY_LIST}
-        CARGO_UTILITY_LIST_OPTIONS="$(for u in ${UTILITY_LIST}; do echo -n "-puu_${u} "; done;)"
-        outputs CARGO_UTILITY_LIST_OPTIONS
-    - name: Install/setup prerequisites
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        ## Install/setup prerequisites
-        case '${{ matrix.job.os }}' in
-          macos-latest) brew install coreutils ;; # needed for show-utils.sh
-        esac
     - name: "`cargo clippy` lint testing"
       uses: nick-fields/retry@v3
       with:
@@ -130,7 +113,7 @@ jobs:
           fault_type="${{ steps.vars.outputs.FAULT_TYPE }}"
           fault_prefix=$(echo "$fault_type" | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]')
           # * convert any warnings to GHA UI annotations; ref: <https://help.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#setting-a-warning-message>
-          S=$(cargo clippy --all-targets ${{ matrix.job.cargo-options }} ${{ steps.vars.outputs.CARGO_UTILITY_LIST_OPTIONS }} -- ${CLIPPY_FLAGS} -D warnings 2>&1) && printf "%s\n" "$S" || { printf "%s\n" "$S" ; printf "%s" "$S" | sed -E -n -e '/^error:/{' -e "N; s/^error:[[:space:]]+(.*)\\n[[:space:]]+-->[[:space:]]+(.*):([0-9]+):([0-9]+).*$/::${fault_type} file=\2,line=\3,col=\4::${fault_prefix}: \`cargo clippy\`: \1 (file:'\2', line:\3)/p;" -e '}' ; fault=true ; }
+          S=$(cargo clippy --all-targets --features ${{ matrix.job.features }} -pcoreutils -- ${CLIPPY_FLAGS} -D warnings 2>&1) && printf "%s\n" "$S" || { printf "%s\n" "$S" ; printf "%s" "$S" | sed -E -n -e '/^error:/{' -e "N; s/^error:[[:space:]]+(.*)\\n[[:space:]]+-->[[:space:]]+(.*):([0-9]+):([0-9]+).*$/::${fault_type} file=\2,line=\3,col=\4::${fault_prefix}: \`cargo clippy\`: \1 (file:'\2', line:\3)/p;" -e '}' ; fault=true ; }
           if [ -n "${{ steps.vars.outputs.FAIL_ON_FAULT }}" ] && [ -n "$fault" ]; then exit 1 ; fi
 
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