diff --git a/.github/workflows/develop.yml b/.github/workflows/develop.yml
index 61970601af56..163cb1ee2511 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/develop.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/develop.yml
@@ -86,11 +86,6 @@ jobs:
     timeout-minutes: 60
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Trust 'greptimedb' repository
-        # To see why we need this, please refer to the comments in file docker/dev-builder/ubuntu/Dockerfile.
-        run: |
-          sudo git config --global --add safe.directory /greptimedb && \
-          sudo git config --system --add safe.directory /greptimedb
       - uses: ./.github/actions/build-greptime-binary
         with:
           base-image: ubuntu
diff --git a/docker/dev-builder/ubuntu/Dockerfile b/docker/dev-builder/ubuntu/Dockerfile
index d78603234e43..1e0a902eea47 100644
--- a/docker/dev-builder/ubuntu/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/dev-builder/ubuntu/Dockerfile
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ RUN apt-get -y purge python3.8 && \
 # wildcard here. However, that requires the git's config files and the submodules all owned by the very same user.
 # It's troublesome to do this since the dev build runs in Docker, which is under user "root"; while outside the Docker,
 # it can be a different user that have prepared the submodules.
-RUN git config --global --add safe.directory ‘*’
+RUN git config --global --add safe.directory *
 
 # Install Python dependencies.
 COPY $DOCKER_BUILD_ROOT/docker/python/requirements.txt /etc/greptime/requirements.txt