diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index ea4099d13c9e..8690efee7faa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "::error title=ccache-not-provisioned::Ccache is not properly provisioned."
             exit 1
           fi
-      - uses: tenstorrent/tt-metal/.github/actions/checkout-with-submodule-lfs@main
+      - uses: tenstorrent/tt-metal/.github/actions/checkout-with-submodule-lfs@afuller/cleanup-git-repo
       - name: Set up dynamic env vars for build
         run: |
           echo "TT_METAL_HOME=$(pwd)" >> $GITHUB_ENV