diff --git a/.github/workflows/flutter-candidate-update.yaml b/.github/workflows/flutter-candidate-update.yaml
index 48f74578d3d..e5ffd0fc493 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/flutter-candidate-update.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/flutter-candidate-update.yaml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create the PR
         run: |
           set -ex
-          if ! [[ `git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no` ]]; then
+          if ! [[ `git status --porcelain #--untracked-files=no` ]]; then
             # No changes made, so we can just exit.
             echo "No change to the flutter-candidate.txt file"
             exit
diff --git a/flutter-candidate.txt b/flutter-candidate.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index a9bd9fc3b72..00000000000
--- a/flutter-candidate.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-refs/tags/3.13.0-2.0.pre