diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-trace-tools.yml b/.github/workflows/build-trace-tools.yml
index b881f8c2b..955c0c908 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-trace-tools.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-trace-tools.yml
@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
 
     steps:
+      - name: Check out reactor-c repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          submodules: recursive
-      - name: Run make
+      - name: Building tracing utils
         working-directory: ./util/tracing
         run: make
         shell: bash
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c5201e796..a59cc4bcf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
     uses: lf-lang/reactor-c/.github/workflows/build-rti.yml@main
 
   build-trace-tools:
-    uses: lf-lang/reactor-c/.github/workflows/build-trace-tools.yml@main
+    uses: lf-lang/reactor-c/.github/workflows/build-trace-tools.yml@move-tracing-utils
 
   fetch-lf:
     uses: lf-lang/lingua-franca/.github/workflows/extract-ref.yml@master