diff --git a/.github/jobs/BuildJavaExecutableJob.pkl b/.github/jobs/BuildJavaExecutableJob.pkl
index 230d58799..2ab793996 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 4d968b2af..f83e333be 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@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6
-      with:
-        persist-credentials: false
     - name: gradle build java executables
       shell: bash
       run: ./gradlew $DEBUG_ARGS --no-daemon -DpklMultiJdkTesting=true pkl-doc:build pkl-cli:build pkl-codegen-java:build pkl-codegen-kotlin:build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index e11eeb958..4bcf1f3eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -183,9 +183,6 @@ jobs:
         if [[ "$RUNNER_DEBUG" -eq 1 ]]; then
           echo "DEBUG_ARGS=--info --stacktrace" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         fi
-    - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6
-      with:
-        persist-credentials: false
     - name: gradle build java executables
       shell: bash
       run: ./gradlew $DEBUG_ARGS --no-daemon -DpklMultiJdkTesting=true pkl-doc:build pkl-cli:build pkl-codegen-java:build pkl-codegen-kotlin:build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/release-branch.yml
index cc38b019b..bdd7c89d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-branch.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-branch.yml
@@ -183,9 +183,6 @@ jobs:
         if [[ "$RUNNER_DEBUG" -eq 1 ]]; then
           echo "DEBUG_ARGS=--info --stacktrace" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         fi
-    - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # v6
-      with:
-        persist-credentials: false
     - name: gradle build java executables
       shell: bash
       run: ./gradlew $DEBUG_ARGS --no-daemon -DpklMultiJdkTesting=true pkl-doc:build pkl-cli:build pkl-codegen-java:build pkl-codegen-kotlin:build
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6ef6bcf77..54d66e2ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -184,9 +184,6 @@ jobs:
         if [[ "$RUNNER_DEBUG" -eq 1 ]]; then
           echo "DEBUG_ARGS=--info --stacktrace" >> $GITHUB_ENV
         fi
-    - uses: actions/checkout@df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10 # 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