diff --git a/.github/jobs/BuildJavaExecutableJob.pkl b/.github/jobs/BuildJavaExecutableJob.pkl
index b7277f428..b75fc9234 100644
--- a/.github/jobs/BuildJavaExecutableJob.pkl
+++ b/.github/jobs/BuildJavaExecutableJob.pkl
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ local command =
   }.join(" ")
 
 steps {
-  catalog.`actions/checkout@v6`
   new {
     name = "gradle build java executables"
     shell = "bash"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index b100de2c2..3b7e6143b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -185,9 +185,6 @@ jobs:
         if [[ "$RUNNER_DEBUG" -eq 1 ]]; then
           echo "DEBUG_ARGS=--info --stacktrace" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         fi
-    - uses: actions/checkout@d23441a48e516b6c34aea4fa41551a30e30af803 # v6
-      with:
-        persist-credentials: false
     - name: gradle build java executables
       shell: bash
       run: ./gradlew $DEBUG_ARGS --no-daemon -DpklMultiJdkTesting=true pkl-doc:build pkl-cli:build pkl-codegen-java:build pkl-codegen-kotlin:build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 4f6cd4aef..87b3df2f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -183,9 +183,6 @@ jobs:
         if [[ "$RUNNER_DEBUG" -eq 1 ]]; then
           echo "DEBUG_ARGS=--info --stacktrace" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         fi
-    - uses: actions/checkout@d23441a48e516b6c34aea4fa41551a30e30af803 # v6
-      with:
-        persist-credentials: false
     - name: gradle build java executables
       shell: bash
       run: ./gradlew $DEBUG_ARGS --no-daemon -DpklMultiJdkTesting=true pkl-doc:build pkl-cli:build pkl-codegen-java:build pkl-codegen-kotlin:build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/release-branch.yml
index 2b71d9018..81760d947 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-branch.yml
@@ -183,9 +183,6 @@ jobs:
         if [[ "$RUNNER_DEBUG" -eq 1 ]]; then
           echo "DEBUG_ARGS=--info --stacktrace" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         fi
-    - uses: actions/checkout@d23441a48e516b6c34aea4fa41551a30e30af803 # v6
-      with:
-        persist-credentials: false
     - name: gradle build java executables
       shell: bash
       run: ./gradlew $DEBUG_ARGS --no-daemon -DpklMultiJdkTesting=true pkl-doc:build pkl-cli:build pkl-codegen-java:build pkl-codegen-kotlin:build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 4d2a07093..b8ecb2ce4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -184,9 +184,6 @@ jobs:
         if [[ "$RUNNER_DEBUG" -eq 1 ]]; then
           echo "DEBUG_ARGS=--info --stacktrace" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         fi
-    - uses: actions/checkout@d23441a48e516b6c34aea4fa41551a30e30af803 # v6
-      with:
-        persist-credentials: false
     - name: gradle build java executables
       shell: bash
       run: ./gradlew $DEBUG_ARGS --no-daemon -DpklMultiJdkTesting=true -DreleaseBuild=true pkl-doc:build pkl-cli:build pkl-codegen-java:build pkl-codegen-kotlin:build