diff --git a/.github/workflows/quarterly-doc-audit.yml b/.github/workflows/quarterly-doc-audit.yml
index 711290d3..448ba3f7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quarterly-doc-audit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quarterly-doc-audit.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
 
+      - name: Disable git-lfs filters
+        # See admin's copy of this workflow for the full rationale: any file under this
+        # repo's filter=lfs .gitattributes patterns that was committed as raw, non-pointer
+        # content shows as spuriously "modified" to git once the lfs clean/smudge filter
+        # is active, which trips peter-evans/create-pull-request's internal git
+        # stash/checkout dance in the next Open-auto-fix-PR step. This repo currently has
+        # no matching binaries, so this is a defensive no-op kept consistent with the
+        # other 4 repos sharing this workflow.
+        run: git lfs uninstall --local || true
+
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v7
         with: