diff --git a/scripts/github/benchmark_gpu.sh b/scripts/github/benchmark_gpu.sh
index 874bd1cd4..952c05c5c 100755
--- a/scripts/github/benchmark_gpu.sh
+++ b/scripts/github/benchmark_gpu.sh
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 SCRIPT_DIR=$(realpath "$(dirname "$0")/..")
 source "${SCRIPT_DIR}/ci/common.sh"
 
-BENCH_DIR=${GITHUB_BUILD_CHECKOUT_PATH:-.}/benchmarks
+BENCH_DIR=benchmarks
 BUILD_DIR=$(realpath "${BUILD_DIR:-build-${COMPILER}}")
 CONFIG_DIR=$(realpath "${BENCH_DIR}/config")
 
diff --git a/scripts/github/build_tpp.sh b/scripts/github/build_tpp.sh
index 47be5ebbb..dd40750b7 100755
--- a/scripts/github/build_tpp.sh
+++ b/scripts/github/build_tpp.sh
@@ -66,11 +66,7 @@ if [ "${CLEAN}" ]; then
 fi
 
 # Defaults when lacking CI environment
-PROJECT_DIR=${GITHUB_BUILD_CHECKOUT_PATH:-.}
-if [ ! "${PROJECT_DIR}" ]; then
-  echo "PROJECT_DIR source path not set"
-  exit 1
-fi
+PROJECT_DIR=.
 if [ ! "${BUILD_DIR}" ]; then
   BUILD_DIR="build-${COMPILER}"
 fi