diff --git a/harnesses/contexts/hugo-content-workspace/v1/harness.yaml b/harnesses/contexts/hugo-content-workspace/v1/harness.yaml
index de27eed..0129ead 100644
--- a/harnesses/contexts/hugo-content-workspace/v1/harness.yaml
+++ b/harnesses/contexts/hugo-content-workspace/v1/harness.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ kind: context
 name: hugo-content-workspace
 version: 1
 description: "Hugo site workspace: clone content + integration repos, auto-commit changes on exit"
-requires: [git-access]
+# git access comes from the gitea-ssh-accelerators layer ordered before this
+# one in the composite; the resolver treats `requires:` entries as harness
+# refs (name/vN), so capability names like git-access crash composition.
+requires: []
 provides: [hugo-workspace]
 
 scripts: