diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index 251fa9cd4f..3fad8b11d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -62,8 +62,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout RMG-Py
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          repository: ReactionMechanismGenerator/RMG-Py
 
       # configures the mamba environment manager and builds the environment
       - name: Setup Mambaforge Python 3.7
@@ -114,8 +112,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout RMG-Py
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          repository: ReactionMechanismGenerator/RMG-Py
 
       # configures the mamba environment manager and builds the environment
       - name: Setup Mambaforge Python 3.7