diff --git a/ci/stable_install/install_and_test_conda.sh b/ci/stable_install/install_and_test_conda.sh
index 24fa2dac..b16922e0 100755
--- a/ci/stable_install/install_and_test_conda.sh
+++ b/ci/stable_install/install_and_test_conda.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
 source "${SCRIPT_DIR}/test_imports.sh"
-source "${SCRIPT_DIR}/install_rapids_doctor.sh"
 
 STABLE_RAPIDS_VERSION="26.6.*"
 
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ rapids-logger "Testing stable version install with Python $PYTHON_VERSION and CU
 
 # use `-O` to override channels so we don't include `rapidsai-nightly`
 conda create -n "$envName" -O -c rapidsai -c conda-forge -y \
-  rapids="$STABLE_RAPIDS_VERSION" python="$PYTHON_VERSION" "cuda-version==${CUDA_VERSION}"
+  rapids="$STABLE_RAPIDS_VERSION" python="$PYTHON_VERSION" "cuda-version==${CUDA_VERSION}" rapids-cli
 
 conda activate "$envName"
 
@@ -79,9 +78,6 @@ declare -a RAPIDS_IMPORTS=(
 )
 testImports RAPIDS_IMPORTS
 
-# Run RAPIDS health checks
-installRapidsDoctor
-
 rapids-logger "Running RAPIDS doctor smoke tests"
 rapids doctor --verbose
 
diff --git a/ci/stable_install/install_and_test_pip.sh b/ci/stable_install/install_and_test_pip.sh
index 4ecd3413..81386223 100755
--- a/ci/stable_install/install_and_test_pip.sh
+++ b/ci/stable_install/install_and_test_pip.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ STABLE_RAPIDS_VERSION="26.6.*"
 SCRIPT_DIR="$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
 source "${SCRIPT_DIR}/bootstrap/pip.sh"
 source "${SCRIPT_DIR}/test_imports.sh"
-source "${SCRIPT_DIR}/install_rapids_doctor.sh"
 
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
   case $1 in
@@ -83,6 +82,7 @@ PIP_INSTALL_PYPI=(
     "pylibraft-${CUDA_SUFFIX}==${STABLE_RAPIDS_VERSION}"
     "raft-dask-${CUDA_SUFFIX}==${STABLE_RAPIDS_VERSION}"
     "rapidsmpf-${CUDA_SUFFIX}==${STABLE_RAPIDS_VERSION}"
+    "rapids-cli"
     "${CUDA_TOOLKIT_SPEC}"
 )
 
@@ -132,9 +132,6 @@ declare -a RAPIDS_IMPORTS=(
 )
 testImports RAPIDS_IMPORTS
 
-# Run RAPIDS health checks
-installRapidsDoctor
-
 rapids-logger "Running RAPIDS doctor smoke tests"
 rapids doctor --verbose
 
diff --git a/ci/stable_install/install_rapids_doctor.sh b/ci/stable_install/install_rapids_doctor.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index a354ee31..00000000
--- a/ci/stable_install/install_rapids_doctor.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (c) 2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
-
-function installRapidsDoctor {
-    # Clone and install `rapids-cli`
-    git clone https://github.com/rapidsai/rapids-cli rapids-cli
-    pushd rapids-cli || exit 1
-    python -m pip install .
-    popd || exit 1
-}