diff --git a/scripts/generate-json-schema.ts b/scripts/generate-json-schema.ts
index 51f4ee206..2cf3bcf17 100644
--- a/scripts/generate-json-schema.ts
+++ b/scripts/generate-json-schema.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import {
 } from "../src/constants/rulesync-paths.js";
 import { RulesyncMcpFileSchema } from "../src/features/mcp/rulesync-mcp.js";
 import { RulesyncPermissionsFileSchema } from "../src/types/permissions.js";
-import { runOxfmt } from "./run-oxfmt.js";
 
 type SchemaMeta = {
   $id: string;
@@ -69,5 +68,7 @@ generateSchema(
   permissionsOutputPath,
 );
 
-// Format generated schema files with oxfmt for consistent formatting
-runOxfmt([outputPath, mcpOutputPath, permissionsOutputPath]);
+// No oxfmt pass here: since oxfmt 0.62.0, gitignored paths are skipped even
+// when passed explicitly, and these schema files are gitignored. The
+// JSON.stringify output above is already deterministic, and no drift check
+// compares these files, so the formatter pass is unnecessary.
diff --git a/scripts/run-oxfmt.ts b/scripts/run-oxfmt.ts
index b216a1fca..bea300498 100644
--- a/scripts/run-oxfmt.ts
+++ b/scripts/run-oxfmt.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ export const repoRoot = join(import.meta.dirname, "..");
 /**
  * Format generated files with the repo's formatter so drift checks compare
  * stable output. Shared by the generator scripts (docs content, supported-tools
- * tables, JSON schemas) so a fix here reaches every call site.
+ * tables) so a fix here reaches every call site. Only pass tracked files:
+ * since oxfmt 0.62.0, gitignored paths are skipped even when passed
+ * explicitly, and the command fails with "Expected at least one target file".
  *
  * npx is npx.cmd on Windows; a shell resolves it. `--no-install` keeps npx from
  * silently fetching a different oxfmt version when the pinned devDependency is