diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index c3ed230..136c986 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -17,12 +17,12 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: false
 
 jobs:
-  sync-readmes:
+  build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
+        with:
+          ref: main
 
       - name: Fetch READMEs from public repos
         env:
@@ -36,28 +36,6 @@ jobs:
 
           bash scripts/fix-readme-links.sh docs/projects
 
-      - name: Check for changes
-        id: changes
-        run: |
-          git diff --quiet docs/projects/ && echo "changed=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT" || echo "changed=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: Commit updated READMEs
-        if: steps.changes.outputs.changed == 'true'
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git add docs/projects/
-          git commit -m "chore: sync READMEs from source repos"
-          git push
-
-  build:
-    needs: sync-readmes
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7
-        with:
-          ref: main
-
       - uses: actions/setup-python@5fda3b95a4ea91299a34e894583c3862153e4b97 # v7
         with:
           python-version: "3.15.0"