diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build.yml b/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
index fa2eb39af..a8e0a9bf7 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ jobs:
           ln -sf marfrit.db.tar.gz        marfrit.db
           ln -sf marfrit.files.tar.gz     marfrit.files
           ln -sf marfrit.db.tar.gz.sig    marfrit.db.sig
-          ln -sf marfrit.files.tar.gz.sig marfrit.files.sig
+          # marfrit.files isn't signed by repo-add (pacman only verifies .db)
+          rm -f marfrit.files.sig
 
       - name: publish to aarch64
         run: |