diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/cargo-test.yml b/.gitea/workflows/cargo-test.yml
index 8a62403..d833c40 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/cargo-test.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/cargo-test.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: git clone $GITEA_REPOSITORY .
 
       - name: cargo test
         run: cargo test --verbose
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/pipeline.yml b/.gitea/workflows/pipeline.yml
index d3fe08c..b5a0906 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/pipeline.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        run: git clone $GITEA_REPOSITORY .
 
       - name: Check formatting
         run: cargo fmt --all -- --check
@@ -31,8 +31,3 @@ jobs:
       - name: tar /target/release
         run: tar -czf release.tar.gz /target/release
 
-      - name: Release
-        uses: akkuman/gitea-release-action@v1
-        with:
-          files: |-
-            release.tar.gz