diff --git a/.github/actions/checkout/action.yml b/.github/actions/checkout/action.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6932843965..0000000000
--- a/.github/actions/checkout/action.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-name: Checkout
-description: Get tags and submodules for the Multipass repository
-
-runs:
-  using: composite
-  steps:
-  - name: Check out submodules
-    shell: bash
-    run: |
-      git submodule sync
-      # This repository can't do depth.
-      git -c protocol.version=2 submodule update --init 3rd-party/xz-decoder/xz-embedded
-      git -c protocol.version=2 submodule update --init --force --depth=1 --recursive
-
-  - name: Fetch tags
-    shell: bash
-    run: |
-      git fetch --recurse-submodules origin +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index 6c9166259a..fa18746010 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -101,11 +101,8 @@ jobs:
     - name: Check out code
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
-        # Need to fetch it all for submodules to work.
-        fetch-depth: 0
-
-    - name: Check out tags and submodules
-      uses: ./.github/actions/checkout
+        submodules: 'recursive'
+        fetch-tags: 'true'
 
     - name: Determine build parameters
       id: build-params