diff --git a/changelog.d/maintenance/7843-prune-stale-eslint-suppression.md b/changelog.d/maintenance/7843-prune-stale-eslint-suppression.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..34e62aac3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/maintenance/7843-prune-stale-eslint-suppression.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- **chore(quality):** prune a stale ESLint suppression for `tests/unit/db-migration-runner-account-identity.test.ts` (2 `no-explicit-any` entries that no longer occur after #7843 reorganized that test) — the leftover suppression failed `lint:json --max-warnings 0` (exit 2, "suppressions left that do not occur anymore") on the release tip for every fresh PR run.
diff --git a/config/quality/eslint-suppressions.json b/config/quality/eslint-suppressions.json
index 27a834b377..4d3304c608 100644
--- a/config/quality/eslint-suppressions.json
+++ b/config/quality/eslint-suppressions.json
@@ -1182,11 +1182,6 @@
       "count": 1
     }
   },
-  "tests/unit/db-migration-runner-account-identity.test.ts": {
-    "@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any": {
-      "count": 2
-    }
-  },
   "tests/unit/db-migration-runner.test.ts": {
     "@typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any": {
       "count": 12