diff --git a/.github/workflows/blui-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/blui-ci.yml
index 9200df630..8abd64a32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/blui-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/blui-ci.yml
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ jobs:
       with:
         node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
         cache: 'yarn'
-    - run: git submodule init && git submodule update --remote
+    - run: git submodule init && git submodule update
     - run: yarn --immutable
       working-directory: demos/showcase
     - name: Download tarball