diff --git a/app/jobs/shipit/cache_deploy_spec_job.rb b/app/jobs/shipit/cache_deploy_spec_job.rb
index 8c97631d8..6ae032397 100644
--- a/app/jobs/shipit/cache_deploy_spec_job.rb
+++ b/app/jobs/shipit/cache_deploy_spec_job.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ def perform(stack)
       return if stack.inaccessible?
 
       commands = Commands.for(stack)
-      commands.with_temporary_working_directory(commit: stack.commits.reachable.last) do |path|
+      commands.with_temporary_working_directory(commit: stack.commits.reachable.last, recursive: false) do |path|
         stack.update!(cached_deploy_spec: DeploySpec::FileSystem.new(path, stack))
       end
     end
diff --git a/test/jobs/cache_deploy_spec_job_test.rb b/test/jobs/cache_deploy_spec_job_test.rb
index f9a323fc1..95d696bce 100644
--- a/test/jobs/cache_deploy_spec_job_test.rb
+++ b/test/jobs/cache_deploy_spec_job_test.rb
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ class CacheDeploySpecJobTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       @stack.update!(cached_deploy_spec: DeploySpec.new('review' => { 'checklist' => %w[foo bar] }))
 
       dir = Pathname(Dir.tmpdir)
-      StackCommands.any_instance.expects(:with_temporary_working_directory).with(commit: @last_commit).yields(dir)
+      StackCommands.any_instance.expects(:with_temporary_working_directory)
+                   .with(commit: @last_commit, recursive: false).yields(dir)
 
       assert_equal %w[foo bar], @stack.checklist
       @job.perform(@stack)