diff --git a/.github/workflows/orphaned-assets-check.yml b/.github/workflows/orphaned-assets-check.yml
index 58c5fb0684..e636d8db5b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/orphaned-assets-check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/orphaned-assets-check.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
           filesToRemove=`./src/assets/scripts/find-orphaned-assets.js`
           [ -z "$filesToRemove" ] && exit 0
 
-          ${filesToRemove} | xargs git rm
+          echo $filesToRemove | xargs git rm
 
           git status
 
diff --git a/src/assets/scripts/find-orphaned-assets.js b/src/assets/scripts/find-orphaned-assets.js
index 6685236265..3ccb9725cc 100755
--- a/src/assets/scripts/find-orphaned-assets.js
+++ b/src/assets/scripts/find-orphaned-assets.js
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ async function main(opts) {
     'stylesheets',
     'contributing',
     'src',
+    'assets',
     '.github/actions-scripts',
   ]