diff --git a/.github/workflows/doc-issue.yml b/.github/workflows/doc-issue.yml
index 82c4f110c5..a06102a479 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/doc-issue.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/doc-issue.yml
@@ -23,4 +23,3 @@ jobs:
           body: |
             A document change request is generated from
             ${{ github.event.issue.html_url || github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
-          assignees: ${{ github.event.issue.user.login || github.event.pull_request.user.login }}