diff --git a/.github/workflows/selfdrive_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/selfdrive_tests.yaml
index 6e17f5a4808658..d31688b69d1661 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/selfdrive_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/selfdrive_tests.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ name: selfdrive
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - master
+    branches-igonre:
+      - 'testing-closet*'
   pull_request:
   workflow_dispatch:
   workflow_call:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tools_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tools_tests.yaml
index 493671051fbd15..d7ca4400abcb2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tools_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tools_tests.yaml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ name: tools
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - master
+    branches-ignore:
+      - 'testing-closet*'
   pull_request:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 54c7393986c5bd..0609a99ef7b9c1 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   url = ../../commaai/panda.git
 [submodule "opendbc"]
   path = opendbc_repo
-  url = ../../commaai/opendbc.git
+  url = ../../Edison-CBS/opendbc.git
 [submodule "msgq"]
   path = msgq_repo
   url = ../../commaai/msgq.git
diff --git a/.lfsconfig b/.lfsconfig
deleted file mode 100644
index 42dfa2d9448676..00000000000000
--- a/.lfsconfig
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-[lfs]
-	url = https://gitlab.com/commaai/openpilot-lfs.git/info/lfs
-	pushurl = ssh://git@gitlab.com/commaai/openpilot-lfs.git
-	locksverify = false
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 8aa46b9359767e..5c73acfdf61d51 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ AddOption('--mutation',
 AddOption('--minimal',
           action='store_false',
           dest='extras',
-          default=os.path.exists(File('#.lfsconfig').abspath), # minimal by default on release branch (where there's no LFS)
+          default=os.path.islink(Dir('#rednose/').abspath), # minimal by default on release branch (where rednose is not a link)
           help='the minimum build to run openpilot. no tests, tools, etc.')
 
 ## Architecture name breakdown (arch)
diff --git a/opendbc_repo b/opendbc_repo
index d632cc5bec14d4..96713efc103684 160000
--- a/opendbc_repo
+++ b/opendbc_repo
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d632cc5bec14d4e077fdf25e19b24b434c2653fd
+Subproject commit 96713efc103684d9c4ca17f6f8843a8d2ca7446c
diff --git a/release/release_files.py b/release/release_files.py
index afd0d468b67adc..add7739f306ffc 100755
--- a/release/release_files.py
+++ b/release/release_files.py
@@ -14,16 +14,10 @@
   "panda/examples/",
   "panda/tests/safety/",
 
-  "opendbc_repo/dbc/.*.dbc$",
   "opendbc_repo/dbc/generator/",
 
-  "cereal/.*test.*",
-  "^common/tests/",
-
   # particularly large text files
   "uv.lock",
-  "third_party/catch2",
-  "selfdrive/car/tests/test_models.*",
 
   "^tools/",
   "^tinygrad_repo/",