diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
index c1d50c2343b..43e58933edd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
@@ -12,10 +12,7 @@ on:
     paths:
       - 'pygmt/**/*.py'
       - '.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml'
-  pull_request:
-    paths:
-      - 'pygmt/**/*.py'
-      - '.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml'
+  # pull_request:
   # `workflow_dispatch` allows CodSpeed to trigger backtest
   # performance analysis in order to generate initial data.
   workflow_dispatch: