diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge-upstream.yml b/.github/workflows/merge-upstream.yml
index 309fd707196..a4dc56ff759 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge-upstream.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge-upstream.yml
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         echo "rev=$(git rev-parse HEAD)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
+    - name: Install git-filter-repo
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install git-filter-repo --yes
+
     - name: Fetch the upstream
       run: |
         git remote add upstream ${{ matrix.upstream }}
         git fetch upstream ${{ matrix.upstream_branch }}
 
-    - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@v4
-      with:
-        diagnostic-endpoint: ''
-
     - name: Configure the Git identity
       run: |
         # Set some identity. Actually it will be overridden later by git-filter-repo,
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Filter commits
       run: |
         git switch -C upstream-recipes upstream/${{ matrix.upstream_branch }}
-        nix run nixpkgs#git-filter-repo -- \
+        git-filter-repo \
           --path recipes/ --refs "${{ steps.merge-base.outputs.rev }}..HEAD" \
           --commit-callback '
             commit.committer_name = commit.author_name