diff --git a/.github/workflows/kit.yml b/.github/workflows/kit.yml
index 93d235ef9..60b9e3533 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/kit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/kit.yml
@@ -223,7 +223,9 @@ jobs:
 
   prerel:
     name: "Build pre-rel ${{ matrix.os }} ${{ matrix.py }} wheels"
-    if: ${{ true }}  # true when there are pre-rel, false when not.
+    # Our C extension uses internal fields, which are moving during the 3.11.0
+    # alpha phases. Don't pre-build wheels.
+    if: ${{ false }}  # true when there are pre-rel, false when not.
     runs-on: "${{ matrix.os }}-latest"
     strategy:
       matrix:
diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 9f0a451d9..5200c9f88 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -26,7 +26,11 @@ Unreleased
   ``ValueError: signal only works in main thread``.  This is now fixed, closing
   `issue 1312`_.
 
+- Fix: releases no longer provide 3.11 alpha wheels. We use internal fields
+  which are moving during the alpha phase. Fixes `issue 1316`_.
+
 .. _issue 1312: https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/issues/1312
+.. _issue 1316: https://github.com/nedbat/coveragepy/issues/1316
 
 
 .. _changes_63: