diff --git a/.github/config/exclude.txt b/.github/config/exclude.txt
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-# gitignore style exclude file for the GrantBirki/json-yaml-validate Action
-.github/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/json-yaml-validate.yml b/.github/workflows/json-yaml-validate.yml
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-name: json-yaml-validate
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  pull_request:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  pull-requests: write # enable write permissions for pull request comments
-
-jobs:
-  json-yaml-validate:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: json-yaml-validate
-        uses: GrantBirki/json-yaml-validate@3add42f5fa8bfff04a3fe664d27a316736257ef1 # pin@v2.3.1
-        with:
-          comment: "true" # enable comment mode
-          exclude_file: ".github/config/exclude.txt"