diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pre-commit-autoupdate.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-pre-commit-autoupdate.yaml
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-name: "pre-commit autoupdate CI"
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 0 * * 0"  # every Sunday at 00:00 UTC
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-
-jobs:
-  autoupdate:
-    name: 'pre-commit autoupdate'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository == 'pydata/xarray'
-    steps:
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Cache pip and pre-commit
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
-        with:
-          path: |
-            ~/.cache/pre-commit
-            ~/.cache/pip
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pre-commit-autoupdate
-      - name: setup python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-      - name: upgrade pip
-        run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-      - name: install dependencies
-        run: python -m pip install --upgrade pre-commit pyyaml packaging
-      - name: version info
-        run: python -m pip list
-      - name: autoupdate
-        uses: technote-space/create-pr-action@837dbe469b39f08d416889369a52e2a993625c84
-        with:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          EXECUTE_COMMANDS: |
-            python -m pre_commit autoupdate
-            python -m pre_commit run --all-files
-          COMMIT_MESSAGE: 'pre-commit: autoupdate hook versions'
-          COMMIT_NAME: 'github-actions[bot]'
-          COMMIT_EMAIL: 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
-          PR_TITLE: 'pre-commit: autoupdate hook versions'
-          PR_BRANCH_PREFIX: 'pre-commit/'
-          PR_BRANCH_NAME: 'autoupdate-${PR_ID}'