diff --git a/.github/workflows/sanity_checks.yml b/.github/workflows/sanity_checks.yml
index cf8d395f3..b29464bf5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sanity_checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sanity_checks.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Fetch tags and unshallow
         run: git fetch --unshallow --tags
 
+      # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/5459#issuecomment-1532856844
+      - name: Remove bad Strawberry Perl patch binary in search path
+        run: del C:\Strawberry\c\bin\patch.EXE
+
       - name: Install packages
         run: |
           python -m pip install --pre meson
@@ -50,6 +54,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Fetch tags and unshallow
         run: git fetch --unshallow --tags
 
+      # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/5459#issuecomment-1532856844
+      - name: Remove bad Strawberry Perl patch binary in search path
+        run: del C:\Strawberry\c\bin\patch.EXE
+
       - name: Install packages
         run: |
           python -m pip install --pre meson