diff --git a/.github/workflows/carto-upstream-sync-ci-fixer.yml b/.github/workflows/carto-upstream-sync-ci-fixer.yml
index 0f3e8eb03949..cd639fea3ca2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/carto-upstream-sync-ci-fixer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/carto-upstream-sync-ci-fixer.yml
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ name: CARTO Upstream Sync - CI Fixer
 
 on:
   workflow_run:
+    # "LiteLLM Mock Tests" is upstream-deprecated (workflow_dispatch only, no
+    # pull_request trigger) and "LiteLLM Linting" only triggers for PRs against
+    # upstream's own branches (main, litellm_*), never carto/main - so neither
+    # ever completes for these PRs. CARTO's own Docker CI is the only check
+    # that actually runs against upstream-sync/* branches.
     workflows:
-      - "LiteLLM Mock Tests (folder - tests/test_litellm)"
       - "CARTO - Deploy Docker Image (CI)"
-      - "LiteLLM Linting"
     types:
       - completed
     branches:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/carto-upstream-sync-ready-checker.yml b/.github/workflows/carto-upstream-sync-ready-checker.yml
index 05b849c57408..45eb89adb61b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/carto-upstream-sync-ready-checker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/carto-upstream-sync-ready-checker.yml
@@ -6,10 +6,13 @@ name: CARTO Upstream Sync - Ready Checker
 
 on:
   workflow_run:
+    # "LiteLLM Mock Tests" is upstream-deprecated (workflow_dispatch only, no
+    # pull_request trigger) and "LiteLLM Linting" only triggers for PRs against
+    # upstream's own branches (main, litellm_*), never carto/main - so neither
+    # ever completes for these PRs. CARTO's own Docker CI is the only check
+    # that actually runs against upstream-sync/* branches.
     workflows:
-      - "LiteLLM Mock Tests (folder - tests/test_litellm)"
       - "CARTO - Deploy Docker Image (CI)"
-      - "LiteLLM Linting"
     types:
       - completed
     branches: