diff --git a/.github/workflows/api_check.yml b/.github/workflows/api_check.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c674b5f32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/api_check.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: API Breakage
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+jobs:
+  api-breakage:
+    name: Api Breakage Compared to main branch
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      # Test on the latest Swift release. This could run on all the support
+      # Swift versions, but that doesn't seem worth it until there are Swift
+      # version specific conditionals to justify it.
+      image: swift:latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+        submodules: true
+    - name: Mark the workspace as safe
+      # https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/766
+      run: git config --global --add safe.directory ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
+    - name: Check for API breaking changes
+      # This can flag things related to the generated code for the upstream
+      # protos (descriptor.proto, etc.), however those should all be OK as they
+      # are limited plugin, and most of the time everything is hidden within the
+      # generation api.
+      run: swift package diagnose-api-breaking-changes origin/main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 6137f2de2..3321bf616 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -63,28 +63,6 @@ jobs:
       if: ${{ matrix.swift.version != '5.10' }}
       run: make compile-tests
 
-  api-breakage:
-    name: Api Breakage Compared to main branch
-    # Only on pull requests
-    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container:
-      # Test on the latest Swift release. This could run on all the support
-      # Swift versions, but that doesn't seem worth it until there are Swift
-      # version specific conditionals to justify it.
-      image: swift:latest
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        fetch-depth: 0
-        submodules: true
-    - name: Mark the workspace as safe
-      # https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/766
-      run: git config --global --add safe.directory ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
-    - name: Check for API breaking changes
-      run: swift package diagnose-api-breaking-changes origin/main --breakage-allowlist-path known_api_breaks.txt
-
   format-check:
     name: swift-format Check
     # Only on pull requests
diff --git a/known_api_breaks.txt b/known_api_breaks.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index cad66ffb5..000000000
--- a/known_api_breaks.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-API breakage: enumelement Google_Protobuf_Edition.unstable has been added as a new enum case