diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index f0adad8a8..f970f153b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -387,8 +387,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
       uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.5
-      with:
-        submodules: recursive
 
     # TODO: It'd be perfect if we could match final artifacts to the platform they target, so e.g. linux build comes from the linux machine
     # However, that is currently impossible due to https://github.com/dotnet/msbuild/issues/3897