diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 255a03a..3360099 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -140,28 +140,6 @@ jobs:
           target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
           skip-github-pull-request: true
 
-  # A push that lands while the release above is running is gated out of `release-pr`,
-  # and nothing re-runs that half once the tag exists, so those commits would sit
-  # unreleased until the next unrelated push. Run it again now that the walk has a
-  # release commit to stop at.
-  release-pr-followup:
-    name: Release PR (after tagging)
-    needs: release
-    if: needs.release.outputs.release_created == 'true'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 5
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      issues: write
-      pull-requests: write
-    steps:
-      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
-        with:
-          config-file: release-please-config.json
-          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
-          target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
-          skip-github-release: true
-
   # Chained rather than triggered on the release event, because a GitHub Release created
   # with GITHUB_TOKEN starts no new workflow run. Also reachable on its own through
   # workflow_dispatch with publish_tag, which is the recovery path once GitHub has