diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a70f70fe1..ad886dafc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -13,14 +13,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        submodules: recursive
 
-    - name: Checkout submodules
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        auth_header="$(git config --local --get http.https://github.com/.extraheader)"
-        git submodule sync --recursive
-        git -c "http.extraheader=$auth_header" -c protocol.version=2 submodule update --init --force --recursive      
-        
     - name: Create Release
       id: create_release
       uses: actions/create-release@v1