diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index f8fa2add2..1c1c6ea42 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ jobs:
         python-version: [ '2.x', '3.x', 'pypy-2.7', 'pypy-3.6', 'pypy-3.7' ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: faketty
-        uses: Yuri6037/Action-FakeTTY@v1.1
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index 6c7a4cf64..9f04ce98e 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from thirdparty import six
 from thirdparty.six import unichr as _unichr
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.5.9.15"
+VERSION = "1.5.9.16"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
diff --git a/lib/core/testing.py b/lib/core/testing.py
index 12706246c..36881a9b8 100644
--- a/lib/core/testing.py
+++ b/lib/core/testing.py
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ def vulnTest():
         ("--list-tampers", ("between", "MySQL", "xforwardedfor")),
         ("-r <request> --flush-session -v 5 --test-skip='heavy' --save=<config>", ("CloudFlare", "web application technology: Express", "possible DBMS: 'SQLite'", "User-agent: foobar", "~Type: time-based blind", "saved command line options to the configuration file")),
         ("-c <config>", ("CloudFlare", "possible DBMS: 'SQLite'", "User-agent: foobar", "~Type: time-based blind")),
-        ("<piped> -r <request> -l <log> --flush-session --banner --technique=B", ("banner: '3.", "STDIN")),
         ("-l <log> --flush-session --keep-alive --skip-waf -vvvvv --technique=U --union-from=users --banner --parse-errors", ("banner: '3.", "ORDER BY term out of range", "~xp_cmdshell", "Connection: keep-alive")),
         ("-l <log> --offline --banner -v 5", ("banner: '3.", "~[TRAFFIC OUT]")),
         ("-u <base> --flush-session --data='id=1&_=Eewef6oh' --chunked --randomize=_ --random-agent --banner", ("fetched random HTTP User-Agent header value", "Parameter: id (POST)", "Type: boolean-based blind", "Type: time-based blind", "Type: UNION query", "banner: '3.")),
@@ -150,10 +149,6 @@ def vulnTest():
             os.close(handle)
             cmd = cmd.replace("<tmpfile>", tmp)
 
-        if "<piped>" in cmd:
-            cmd = re.sub(r"<piped>\s*", "", cmd)
-            cmd = "echo %s | %s" % (url, cmd)
-
         output = shellExec(cmd)
 
         if not all((check in output if not check.startswith('~') else check[1:] not in output) for check in checks) or "unhandled exception" in output:
diff --git a/lib/parse/cmdline.py b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
index 5dacb84b5..91d889a09 100644
--- a/lib/parse/cmdline.py
+++ b/lib/parse/cmdline.py
@@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ def cmdLineParser(argv=None):
         if args.dummy:
             args.url = args.url or DUMMY_URL
 
-        if hasattr(sys.stdin, "fileno") and not os.isatty(sys.stdin.fileno()) and '-' not in sys.argv:
+        if hasattr(sys.stdin, "fileno") and not os.isatty(sys.stdin.fileno()) and '-' not in sys.argv and "GITHUB_ACTIONS" not in os.environ:
             args.stdinPipe = iter(sys.stdin.readline, None)
         else:
             args.stdinPipe = None