diff --git a/.github/actions/setup/directories/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup/directories/action.yml
index 745bfea8db..2878fa0933 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup/directories/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup/directories/action.yml
@@ -36,12 +36,6 @@ inputs:
     description: >-
       If set to true, creates dummy files in build dir.
 
-  token:
-    required: false
-    default: ''
-    description: >-
-      A GitHub token to checkout the repository
-
 outputs: {} # nothing?
 
 runs:
@@ -76,7 +70,6 @@ runs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@c85c95e3d7251135ab7dc9ce3241c5835cc595a9 # v3.5.3
       with:
         path: ${{ inputs.srcdir }}
-        token: ${{ inputs.token }}
 
     - uses: actions/cache@88522ab9f39a2ea568f7027eddc7d8d8bc9d59c8 # v3.3.1
       with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_misc.yml b/.github/workflows/check_misc.yml
index 5ab174ef2c..103c3026c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_misc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_misc.yml
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@8ade135a41bc03ea155e62e844d188df1ea18608 # v4.1.0
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.MATZBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup/directories
         with:
           makeup: true
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@8ade135a41bc03ea155e62e844d188df1ea18608 # v4.1.0
+        with:
           token: ${{ secrets.MATZBOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Check if C-sources are US-ASCII