diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index 2ff9fc646176..c73d2e67afe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: self-hosted
-    container:
-      image: alpine/git:2.18.0
     # We allow builds:
     # 1) When triggered manually
     # 2) When it's a merge into a branch
@@ -50,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
             path: plugin
-            submodules: true
+            submodules: 'recursive'
             ref: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}
 
       - uses: dorny/paths-filter@b2feaf19c27470162a626bd6fa8438ae5b263721