diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index bd431c728e11..f60c9c3f88e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -108,9 +108,6 @@ jobs:
         steps:
             - name: Checkout sources
               uses: actions/checkout@v2
-              # Check out `testdata/forge-std` submodule for chisel build.
-              with:
-                  submodules: 'recursive'
 
             - name: Install toolchain
               uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index f4c298e99611..c5f8d91eeab1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ jobs:
         steps:
             - name: Checkout sources
               uses: actions/checkout@v2
-              with:
-                  submodules: recursive
             - name: Install toolchain
               uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
               with:
@@ -68,8 +66,6 @@ jobs:
         steps:
             - name: Checkout sources
               uses: actions/checkout@v2
-              with:
-                  submodules: recursive
             - name: Install nextest
               uses: taiki-e/install-action@nextest
             - run: mkdir -p ~/.cargo/bin
@@ -168,8 +164,6 @@ jobs:
         steps:
             - name: Checkout sources
               uses: actions/checkout@v2
-              with:
-                  submodules: recursive
             - name: Install toolchain
               uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
               with:
@@ -188,8 +182,6 @@ jobs:
         steps:
             - name: Checkout sources
               uses: actions/checkout@v2
-              with:
-                  submodules: recursive
 
             - name: Install toolchain
               uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
@@ -215,9 +207,6 @@ jobs:
                   args: --all --all-features -- -D warnings
                   token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-            - name: remove forge-std files
-              run: rm -rf testdata/lib/forge-std/**
-
             - name: forge fmt
               run: cargo run --bin forge -- fmt --check testdata/