diff --git a/.github/workflows/convert-diff.yaml b/.github/workflows/convert-diff.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7f7fde9e2..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/convert-diff.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-name: bundle-convert-diff
-on:
-  pull_request:
-jobs:
-  bundle-convert-diff:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-        with:
-          go-version-file: go.mod
-
-      - name: Run make verify-convert
-        run: make verify-convert
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fd2983da1..0be7868f5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -151,13 +151,14 @@ generate: $(CONTROLLER_GEN) #EXHELP Generate code containing DeepCopy, DeepCopyI
 	$(CONTROLLER_GEN) --load-build-tags=$(GO_BUILD_TAGS) object:headerFile="hack/boilerplate.go.txt" paths="./..."
 
 .PHONY: verify
-verify: tidy fmt generate manifests crd-ref-docs #HELP Verify all generated code is up-to-date.
+verify: tidy fmt generate manifests crd-ref-docs generate-test-data #HELP Verify all generated code is up-to-date.
 	git diff --exit-code
 
-.PHONY: verify-convert
-verify-convert:
+# Renders registry+v1 bundles in test/convert
+# Used by CI in verify to catch regressions in the registry+v1 -> plain conversion code
+.PHONY: generate-test-data
+generate-test-data:
 	go run test/convert/generate-manifests.go
-	git diff --exit-code
 
 .PHONY: fix-lint
 fix-lint: $(GOLANGCI_LINT) #EXHELP Fix lint issues