diff --git a/.github/workflows/main-job.yml b/.github/workflows/main-job.yml
index 0b8af00bd..944c98e13 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main-job.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main-job.yml
@@ -255,10 +255,13 @@ jobs:
         if: inputs.branch_name
         with:
           ref: ${{github.event.inputs.branch}}
+          clean: false
 
       # checkout the event branch for automatic workflows
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         if: inputs.branch_name == ''
+        with:
+          clean: false
 
       - name: Test compilation with shared libs linkage
         run: |