diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
index 879dadaaa..60845bf5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
@@ -32,23 +32,22 @@ jobs:
       LLVM_BENCHMARK_PATH: ${{ github.event.inputs.compiler_llvm_benchmark_path || 'tests/solidity/' }}
       RUST_BACKTRACE: full
     steps:
-      - uses: AutoModality/action-clean@492b2d2e2e77247bfd0b17eaa89a371b2f3430ee # v1
       - name: Extract branch name
         id: extract_branch
         shell: bash
         run: echo "branch=${GITHUB_HEAD_REF:-${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-      - name: Checking out the Solidity repository
+      - name: Checking out the compiler-tester candidate
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
+          repository: matter-labs/era-compiler-tester
           submodules: recursive
-          path: solidity
 
-      - name: Checking out the compiler-tester candidate
+      - name: Checking out the Solidity repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          repository: matter-labs/era-compiler-tester
           submodules: recursive
+          path: solidity
 
       - name: Building the Solidity compiler
         working-directory: solidity
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 854fc782e..d31bebfdc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -17,23 +17,22 @@ jobs:
     container:
       image: matterlabs/llvm_runner:ubuntu22-llvm15-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: AutoModality/action-clean@492b2d2e2e77247bfd0b17eaa89a371b2f3430ee # v1
       - name: Extract branch name
         shell: bash
         run: echo "branch=${GITHUB_HEAD_REF:-${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         id: extract_branch
 
-      - name: Checking out the Solidity repository
+      - name: Checking out the compiler-tester repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
+          repository: matter-labs/era-compiler-tester
           submodules: recursive
-          path: solidity
 
-      - name: Checking out the compiler-tester repository
+      - name: Checking out the Solidity repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          repository: matter-labs/era-compiler-tester
           submodules: recursive
+          path: solidity
 
       - name: Building the Solidity compiler
         working-directory: solidity