diff --git a/internal/authflow/flow.go b/internal/authflow/flow.go
index f7d09fce5..41e06bc21 100644
--- a/internal/authflow/flow.go
+++ b/internal/authflow/flow.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func authFlow(oauthHost string, IO *iostreams.IOStreams, notice string, addition
 		httpClient.Transport = api.VerboseLog(IO.ErrOut, logTraffic, IO.ColorEnabled())(httpClient.Transport)
 	}
 
-	minimumScopes := []string{"repo", "read:org", "gist", "workflow"}
+	minimumScopes := []string{"repo", "read:org", "gist"}
 	scopes := append(minimumScopes, additionalScopes...)
 
 	callbackURI := "http://127.0.0.1/callback"