diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 233b78ba7..290592537 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -520,37 +520,37 @@ jobs:
   # Pin the satellite repos to this release's version. Each dispatch target
   # decides for itself whether to tag: X.Y.0 always tags, X.Y.Z skips when the
   # repo has no commits of its own since its last tag.
-  fanout:
-    name: Pin ${{ matrix.repo }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [release]
-    if: ${{ !contains(inputs.tag, '-') }}
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        repo:
+#  fanout:
+#    name: Pin ${{ matrix.repo }}
+#    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+#    needs: [release]
+#    if: ${{ !contains(inputs.tag, '-') }}
+#    strategy:
+#      fail-fast: false
+#      matrix:
+#        repo:
 #          - dgop
 #          - dankgo
 #          - dank-qml-common
 #          - dankcalendar
 #          - danksearch
 #          - dank-greeter
-    steps:
-      - name: Create GitHub App token
-        id: app_token
-        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v3
-        with:
-          app-id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
-          private-key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
-          repositories: ${{ matrix.repo }}
-
-      - name: Dispatch pin-release
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app_token.outputs.token }}
-          REPO: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/${{ matrix.repo }}
-          TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
-        run: |
-          set -euo pipefail
-          gh workflow run pin-release.yml --repo "$REPO" -f version="$TAG"
-          echo "dispatched pin-release ${TAG} to ${REPO}" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+#    steps:
+#      - name: Create GitHub App token
+#        id: app_token
+#        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v3
+#        with:
+#          app-id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
+#          private-key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+#          owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+#          repositories: ${{ matrix.repo }}
+#
+#      - name: Dispatch pin-release
+#        env:
+#          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app_token.outputs.token }}
+#          REPO: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/${{ matrix.repo }}
+#          TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
+#        run: |
+#          set -euo pipefail
+#          gh workflow run pin-release.yml --repo "$REPO" -f version="$TAG"
+#          echo "dispatched pin-release ${TAG} to ${REPO}" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"