diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
index c37bac6..3d85ce0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          submodules: recursive
 
       - name: Docker meta
         id: meta
diff --git a/Containerfile b/Containerfile
index d1b437c..196a151 100644
--- a/Containerfile
+++ b/Containerfile
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ ENV VERSION="${VERSION}"
 ENV WEB_UI="false"
 
 RUN mkdir /build-container-installer
-COPY /external /build-container-installer/external
 COPY /lorax_templates /build-container-installer/lorax_templates
 COPY /xorriso /build-container-installer/xorriso
 COPY /Makefile /build-container-installer
diff --git a/external/fedora-lorax-templates b/external/fedora-lorax-templates
deleted file mode 160000
index cc11553..0000000
--- a/external/fedora-lorax-templates
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit cc1155372046baa58f9d2cc27a9e5473bf05a3fb