diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-python.yml b/.github/workflows/release-python.yml
index 70f30e83..2d404f7f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-python.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@ jobs:
         platform:
           - { runner: ubuntu-latest,  target: x86_64,  manylinux: auto }
           - { runner: ubuntu-latest,  target: aarch64, manylinux: auto }
-          - { runner: macos-13,       target: x86_64,  manylinux: auto }
+          # No macOS x86_64 (Intel) leg — macos-13 hosted runners don't schedule
+          # for this repo, so the job hangs queued and blocks the build-wheels
+          # matrix (and thus the release). Intel-mac users install from the
+          # sdist; a cross-compiled Intel wheel is tracked in issue #29.
           - { runner: macos-latest,   target: aarch64, manylinux: auto }
           - { runner: windows-latest, target: x64,     manylinux: auto }
     steps: