diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-san.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-san.yml
index 47e41c90a1658b5..8a9c7d86462f4f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-san.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-san.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
         SAN_LOG_OPTION: log_path=${{ github.workspace }}/san_log
         SUPPRESSIONS_SUFFIX: >-
           ${{
-            fromJSON(inputs.free-threading)
+            inputs.free-threading
             && '_free_threading'
             || ''
           }}
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ jobs:
         }}
         --with-pydebug
         ${{ inputs.sanitizer == 'TSan' && '--with-openssl="$OPENSSL_DIR" --with-openssl-rpath=auto' || '' }}
-        ${{ fromJSON(inputs.free-threading) && '--disable-gil' || '' }}
+        ${{ inputs.free-threading && '--disable-gil' || '' }}
     - name: Build CPython
       run: make -j4
     - name: Display build info
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Parallel tests
       if: >-
         inputs.sanitizer == 'TSan'
-        && fromJSON(inputs.free-threading)
+        && inputs.free-threading
       run: ./python -m test --tsan-parallel --parallel-threads=4 -j4 -W --timeout=600 --slowest
     - name: Display logs
       if: always()
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         name: >-
           ${{ inputs.sanitizer }}-logs-${{
-            fromJSON(inputs.free-threading)
+            inputs.free-threading
             && 'free-threading'
             || 'default'
           }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml
index 6cd480b0285346d..28a176275cc4677 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ on:
         type: boolean
         default: false
       os:
-         description: OS to run the job
-         required: true
-         type: string
+        description: OS to run the job
+        required: true
+        type: string
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: sudo ./.github/workflows/posix-deps-apt.sh
     - name: Install Clang and BOLT
-      if: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.bolt-optimizations) }}
+      if: inputs.bolt-optimizations
       # For BOLT jobs, https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh doesn't support LLVM 19
       # on Ubuntu 26.04, so stick to Ubuntu 24.04 until LLVM is upgraded.
       run: |
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ jobs:
         --enable-slower-safety
         --enable-safety
         --with-openssl="$OPENSSL_DIR"
-        ${{ fromJSON(inputs.free-threading) && '--disable-gil' || '' }}
-        ${{ fromJSON(inputs.bolt-optimizations) && '--enable-bolt' || '' }}
+        ${{ inputs.free-threading && '--disable-gil' || '' }}
+        ${{ inputs.bolt-optimizations && '--enable-bolt' || '' }}
     - name: Build CPython out-of-tree
-      if: ${{ inputs.free-threading }}
+      if: inputs.free-threading
       working-directory: ${{ env.CPYTHON_BUILDDIR }}
       run: make -j
     - name: Build CPython out-of-tree (for compiler warning check)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-windows.yml
index 138e6846cb90391..6643243feeebf6c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-windows.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
         .\\PCbuild\\build.bat
         -e -d -v
         -p "${ARCH}"
-        ${{ fromJSON(inputs.free-threading) && '--disable-gil' || '' }}
+        ${{ inputs.free-threading && '--disable-gil' || '' }}
       shell: bash
     - name: Display build info
       run: .\\python.bat -m test.pythoninfo
@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@ jobs:
         .\\PCbuild\\rt.bat
         -p "${ARCH}"
         -d -q --fast-ci
-        ${{ fromJSON(inputs.free-threading) && '--disable-gil' || '' }}
+        ${{ inputs.free-threading && '--disable-gil' || '' }}
       shell: bash