diff --git a/.github/workflows/openshift-os.yml b/.github/workflows/openshift-os.yml
index 8b86c056..a60cbee8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/openshift-os.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/openshift-os.yml
@@ -53,14 +53,7 @@ jobs:
               echo "No non-trivial changes; exiting"
               exit 0
           fi
-
-          base=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
           git checkout testing-devel
-          # Hack: update a stamp to force create-pull-request to update the
-          # branch, even if we're just rebasing on a previous manual
-          # fedora-coreos-config sync
-          # https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request/issues/1191
-          echo $base > ../.fedora-coreos-config-base
 
           marker=OPENSHIFT-OS-END-OF-LOG-MARKER-$RANDOM$RANDOM$RANDOM
           cat >> $GITHUB_ENV <<EOF