diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
index dc76b499..985a80fc 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -40,18 +40,3 @@ jobs:
         # merge. Promote to a required check once the tree is clean.
         # See scripts/check-issue-refs.sh.
         run: sh scripts/check-issue-refs.sh
-
-  comment-blocks:
-    name: comment-block lint
-    runs-on: [hive-ci]
-    # Pure git+awk — seconds.
-    timeout-minutes: 5
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: lint
-        # Flags contiguous comment blocks over 30 lines (a giant prose
-        # block belongs in docs/ as implementation notes, not in source).
-        # Own job, kept out of required checks while the tree settles: a
-        # hit reds this check without blocking merge. Promote to required
-        # once clean. See scripts/check-comment-blocks.sh.
-        run: sh scripts/check-comment-blocks.sh
diff --git a/scripts/check-comment-blocks.sh b/scripts/check-comment-blocks.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 94da77cf..00000000
--- a/scripts/check-comment-blocks.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# CI lint: flags a contiguous comment block longer than MAX lines. A giant
-# prose block in source is a signal it should live in docs/ as an
-# "implementation notes" section instead — short "why"/invariant/contract
-# comments stay, walls of text move out. See the hive convention in #2077.
-#
-# Emits a CI error annotation per offending block and exits 1 if any block
-# exceeds MAX. Runs as its own CI job, kept OUT of the required checks while
-# the tree settles: a hit turns the job red (visible, non-blocking) without
-# blocking merge. Promote to required once the tree is clean.
-#
-# Scope: tracked *.rs *.nix *.sh *.js *.ts *.css *.html. Markdown is exempt
-# (it is prose by nature). Comment forms: `#` line comments (nix/sh), `//`
-# line comments (rs/js/ts), and `/* */` block comments (nix/rs/js/ts/css) +
-# `<!-- -->` (html). A blank line separates two line-comment blocks (does NOT
-# extend a run); a blank inside a `/* */` / `<!-- -->` block stays part of it.
-#
-# Escape hatch: a `lint:allow-long-comment` marker anywhere in a block
-# exempts it (reserve for a genuinely irreducible block; prefer relocating).
-set -eu
-
-MAX=30
-
-# Collect annotations into a variable (not via xargs/awk exit codes) so a
-# hit in any xargs batch is preserved — mirrors scripts/check-issue-refs.sh.
-hits="$(
-  git ls-files -z '*.rs' '*.nix' '*.sh' '*.js' '*.ts' '*.css' '*.html' \
-    | xargs -0 -r awk -v MAX="$MAX" '
-        function mode_of(fn) {
-          if (fn ~ /\.nix$/)        return "nix"
-          if (fn ~ /\.sh$/)         return "hash"
-          if (fn ~ /\.(rs|js|ts)$/) return "slash"
-          if (fn ~ /\.css$/)        return "cstyle"
-          if (fn ~ /\.html$/)       return "html"
-          return ""
-        }
-        function flush() {
-          if (run > MAX && !allow)
-            printf "::error file=%s,line=%d::comment block of %d lines exceeds the %d-line max — move long prose to docs/ as an implementation-notes section (or mark lint:allow-long-comment)\n", curfile, start, run, MAX
-          run = 0; allow = 0
-        }
-        FNR == 1 { flush(); curfile = FILENAME; mode = mode_of(FILENAME); inblock = 0 }
-        {
-          if (mode == "") next
-          c = 0
-          if (inblock) {
-            c = 1
-            if (index($0, blockend) > 0) inblock = 0
-          } else if (mode == "hash") {
-            if ($0 ~ /^[ \t]*#/) c = 1
-          } else if (mode == "nix") {
-            # nix: `#` line comments AND `/* */` block comments.
-            if ($0 ~ /^[ \t]*#/) c = 1
-            else if ($0 ~ /^[ \t]*\/\*/) { c = 1; if (index($0, "*/") == 0) { inblock = 1; blockend = "*/" } }
-          } else if (mode == "slash") {
-            if ($0 ~ /^[ \t]*\/\//) c = 1
-            else if ($0 ~ /^[ \t]*\/\*/) { c = 1; if (index($0, "*/") == 0) { inblock = 1; blockend = "*/" } }
-          } else if (mode == "cstyle") {
-            if ($0 ~ /^[ \t]*\/\*/) { c = 1; if (index($0, "*/") == 0) { inblock = 1; blockend = "*/" } }
-          } else if (mode == "html") {
-            if ($0 ~ /^[ \t]*<!--/) { c = 1; if (index($0, "-->") == 0) { inblock = 1; blockend = "-->" } }
-          }
-          if (c) {
-            if (run == 0) start = FNR
-            run++
-            if ($0 ~ /lint:allow-long-comment/) allow = 1
-          } else {
-            flush()
-          }
-        }
-        END { flush() }
-      '
-)"
-
-if [ -n "$hits" ]; then
-  printf '%s\n' "$hits"
-  count="$(printf '%s\n' "$hits" | grep -c '::error' || true)"
-  printf 'check-comment-blocks: %s comment block(s) over %d lines found\n' "$count" "$MAX" >&2
-  exit 1
-fi
-exit 0