diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-run-pre-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-run-pre-commit.yml.disabled
similarity index 82%
rename from .github/workflows/pr-run-pre-commit.yml
rename to .github/workflows/pr-run-pre-commit.yml.disabled
index 6ed51c778858..f75dd5f242ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-run-pre-commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-run-pre-commit.yml.disabled
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# this doesn't seem to work on PRs from forks
+# so we use pre-commit.ci instead
+
 name: 🤸 Run pre-commit on PR
 on:
   pull_request: