diff --git a/.github/workflows/tend-review.yaml b/.github/workflows/tend-review.yaml
index 91549addff1c..a500bc0c5bd3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tend-review.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tend-review.yaml
@@ -48,12 +48,6 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
           fetch-tags: true
           token: ${{ secrets.TEND_BOT_TOKEN }}
-          # actions/checkout@v7 refuses fork-PR checkout under
-          # pull_request_target unless this opts in. Matches the upstream tend
-          # fix (max-sixty/tend#725, shipped in 0.1.7). Without it, every fork
-          # PR's `review` check goes red before the review runs. This stopgap
-          # will be superseded by the next tend 0.1.7 workflow regen.
-          allow-unsafe-pr-checkout: true
 
       - uses: ./.github/actions/tend-setup