diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build.yml b/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
index c0d38e1..ec07b3b 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
@@ -25,13 +25,10 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build-and-push:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Assumes the runner forwards the host's Docker socket into job
-    # containers -- if this job fails to reach a daemon, add
-    #   container.options: -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
-    # (and allow that path in valid_volumes) to the runner's config.yaml.
+    # Relies on the Gitea runner's Docker daemon being reachable from job
+    # containers, which it is out of the box -- no extra runner config needed.
     container:
       image: docker:cli
-      options: -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
     steps:
       # actions/checkout is a JS action; docker:cli is Alpine-based and has
       # no node on PATH by default (same issue fixed in ci.yml).
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index 588a82a..f37bc10 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -24,12 +24,10 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build-and-push:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Assumes the runner forwards the host's Docker socket into job
-    # containers -- see the matching note in build.yml if this can't reach
-    # a daemon.
+    # Relies on the Gitea runner's Docker daemon being reachable from job
+    # containers, which it is out of the box -- no extra runner config needed.
     container:
       image: docker:cli
-      options: -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
     steps:
       # actions/checkout is a JS action; docker:cli is Alpine-based and has
       # no node on PATH by default (same issue fixed in ci.yml).