diff --git a/.cargo/audit.toml b/.cargo/audit.toml
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--- a/.cargo/audit.toml
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@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-[advisories]
-ignore = [
-  "RUSTSEC-2024-0437", # protobuf, it is only used in the monorepo, which forbids using the affected type
-  "RUSTSEC-2026-0001", # rkyv - transitive via rust_decimal, rkyv feature not used
-]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/audit.yml b/.github/workflows/audit.yml
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-name: Audit
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-  pull_request:
-  schedule:
-    # * is a special character in YAML so you have to quote this string
-    - cron: "0 14 * * *"
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-env:
-  # When getting Rust dependencies, retry on network error:
-  CARGO_NET_RETRY: 10
-  # Use the local .curlrc
-  CURL_HOME: .
-  # Disable DFX telemetry
-  DFX_TELEMETRY: 'off'
-  # Use the stable toolchain for the audit
-  RUSTUP_TOOLCHAIN: stable
-
-jobs:
-  test:
-    name: audit:required
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      issues: write
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
-      - uses: actions-rust-lang/audit@72c09e02f132669d52284a3323acdb503cfc1a24 # v1.2.7