diff --git a/.github/workflows/ce-provision-publish-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/ce-provision-publish-docs.yml
index b7532a67b..b87f9afe5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ce-provision-publish-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ce-provision-publish-docs.yml
@@ -58,12 +58,6 @@ jobs:
       # First build and publish the markdown docs
       - name: Build and commit table of contents and README files back to the repo
         run: |
-          /usr/bin/git pull origin docs-${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
-          /usr/bin/git fetch origin ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
-          /usr/bin/git checkout -b ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
-          /usr/bin/git pull origin ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
-          /usr/bin/git checkout docs-${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
-          /usr/bin/git merge origin/${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }} --allow-unrelated-histories
           /bin/sh contribute/toc.sh
           /usr/bin/find . -name "*.md" | xargs git add
           /usr/bin/git diff --staged --quiet || /usr/bin/git commit -am "GitHub Actions - updating markdown docs - ${{ github.event.repository.updated_at }}"