diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release-azure-cleanup.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release-azure-cleanup.yml
index 4a20828d2e..0b04581e9b 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release-azure-cleanup.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release-azure-cleanup.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 15 * * *'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+  ### Note we cannot use cron-triggered builds right now, Gitea seems to have
+  ### a few bugs in that area. So this workflow is scheduled using an external
+  ### triggering mechanism and workflow_dispatch.
+  #
+  # schedule:
+  #   - cron: '0 15 * * *'
+
 jobs:
   azure-cleanup:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release-ppa.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release-ppa.yml
index 34b6be4b83..129badac16 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release-ppa.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release-ppa.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: '0 16 * * *'
   push:
     tags:
       - "v*"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+  ### Note we cannot use cron-triggered builds right now, Gitea seems to have
+  ### a few bugs in that area. So this workflow is scheduled using an external
+  ### triggering mechanism and workflow_dispatch.
+  #
+  # schedule:
+  #   - cron: '0 16 * * *'
+
+
 jobs:
   ppa:
     name: PPA Upload