diff --git a/.github/scripts/update_googleapis_commit.sh b/.github/scripts/update_googleapis_commit.sh
index af49fa1470..3dc1f1386a 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/update_googleapis_commit.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/update_googleapis_commit.sh
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ -z "${pr_num}" ]; then
   git remote add remote_repo https://cloud-java-bot:"${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/${repo}.git"
-  git fetch -q --unshallow remote_repo
+  git fetch -q remote_repo
   git push -f remote_repo "${current_branch}"
   gh pr create --title "${title}" --head "${current_branch}" --body "${title}" --base "${base_branch}"
 else
diff --git a/hermetic_build/library_generation/owlbot/templates/java_library/.github/scripts/update_generation_config.sh b/hermetic_build/library_generation/owlbot/templates/java_library/.github/scripts/update_generation_config.sh
index e886113842..91434688cc 100644
--- a/hermetic_build/library_generation/owlbot/templates/java_library/.github/scripts/update_generation_config.sh
+++ b/hermetic_build/library_generation/owlbot/templates/java_library/.github/scripts/update_generation_config.sh
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ fi
 
 if [ -z "${pr_num}" ]; then
   git remote add remote_repo https://cloud-java-bot:"${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/${repo}.git"
-  git fetch -q --unshallow remote_repo
+  git fetch -q remote_repo
   git push -f remote_repo "${current_branch}"
   gh pr create --title "${title}" --head "${current_branch}" --body "${title}" --base "${base_branch}"
 else