diff --git a/.github/workflows/maint-71-merge-sync-prs.yml b/.github/workflows/maint-71-merge-sync-prs.yml
index f8b3f2c47..955b02b50 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maint-71-merge-sync-prs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maint-71-merge-sync-prs.yml
@@ -66,13 +66,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
-      - name: Checkout retry helpers
-        uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          sparse-checkout: |
-            .github/scripts/github-api-with-retry.js
-          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
-
       - name: Extract consumer repos from sync workflow
         id: repos
         run: |