diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index eb9522b7..1a382925 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ jobs:
             distro: ubuntu_latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
-        with:
-          submodules: true
-          set-safe-directory: true
 
       - uses: uraimo/run-on-arch-action@v2.8.1
         name: Build
@@ -33,9 +30,6 @@ jobs:
 
           githubToken: ${{ github.token }}
 
-          setup: |
-            git submodule update --init --recursive
-
           install: |
             apt-get update -q -y
             apt-get install -q -y python3 automake libtool autotools-dev git make cmake pkg-config gcc wget xz-utils libjansson-dev
diff --git a/Containerfile b/Containerfile
index b249382e..3f4ade7e 100644
--- a/Containerfile
+++ b/Containerfile
@@ -16,5 +16,5 @@ COPY . libocispec
 RUN cd libocispec && \
     ./autogen.sh && \
     ./configure CFLAGS='-Wall -Wextra -Werror' && \
-    make -j $(nproc) distcheck DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="--enable-embedded-yajl" AM_DISTCHECK_DVI_TARGET="" TESTS="" && \
-    make clean
\ No newline at end of file
+    make -j $(nproc) distcheck AM_DISTCHECK_DVI_TARGET="" TESTS="" && \
+    make clean
diff --git a/ocispec.pc.in b/ocispec.pc.in
index 32673036..e380ffcf 100644
--- a/ocispec.pc.in
+++ b/ocispec.pc.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 
 Name: @PACKAGE_NAME@
 Description: A library for easily parsing [OCI runtime](https://github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec) and [OCI image](https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec) files.
-Requires: yajl jansson
+Requires: jansson
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -locispec
 Cflags: -I${includedir}/ocispec