diff --git a/github_scripts/suite_data.py b/github_scripts/suite_data.py
index 98c33109..a5dbc367 100644
--- a/github_scripts/suite_data.py
+++ b/github_scripts/suite_data.py
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 
 import re
 import os
-import shutil
 import sqlite3
 import subprocess
 import yaml
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 from typing import Dict, List, Optional, Set, Union
 from git_bdiff import GitBDiff, GitInfo
-from get_git_sources import clone_repo, sync_repo
 
 
 class SuiteData:
@@ -36,12 +34,12 @@ class SuiteData:
         "-v-",
     )
 
-    def __init__(self, suite_path=None) -> None:
+    def __init__(self, suite_path: Path = None) -> None:
         self.dependencies = {}
         self.rose_data = {}
         self.suite_path = suite_path
+        self.source_root = suite_path / "share" / "source"
         self.task_states = {}
-        self.temp_directory = None
 
     def get_um_failed_configs(self) -> Set[str]:
         """
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ def read_um_section(self, change: str) -> str:
         """
         Read through a UM file searching for line
         """
-        change = self.temp_directory / "um" / change
+        change = self.source_root / "um" / change
         lines = change.read_text()
         lines = lines.lower()
         try:
@@ -118,7 +116,7 @@ def get_um_owners(self, filename: str) -> Dict:
         Read UM Code Owners file and write to a dictionary
         """
 
-        fpath = self.temp_directory / "um" / filename
+        fpath = self.source_root / "um" / filename
         owners_text = fpath.read_text()
 
         in_owners = False
@@ -179,7 +177,7 @@ def populate_gitbdiff(self) -> None:
             if not data["gitinfo"].is_main():
                 parent = "main"
                 self.dependencies[dependency]["gitbdiff"] = GitBDiff(
-                    repo=self.temp_directory / dependency, parent=parent
+                    repo=self.source_root / dependency, parent=parent
                 ).files()
             else:
                 self.dependencies[dependency]["gitbdiff"] = []
@@ -191,23 +189,9 @@ def populate_gitinfo(self) -> None:
 
         for dependency in self.dependencies:
             self.dependencies[dependency]["gitinfo"] = GitInfo(
-                self.temp_directory / dependency
+                self.source_root / dependency
             )
 
-    def clone_sources(self) -> None:
-        """
-        Clone the sources defined in the dependencies file, to allow reading of files
-        and creation of diffs.
-        If the source is not a github url, then copy it using rsync
-        """
-
-        for dependency, data in self.dependencies.items():
-            loc = self.temp_directory / dependency
-            if data["source"].endswith(".git"):
-                clone_repo(data["source"], data["ref"], loc)
-            else:
-                sync_repo(data["source"], data["ref"], loc)
-
     def determine_primary_source(self) -> str:
         """
         Work out what repo launched the suite based on the what sources are available in
@@ -418,9 +402,3 @@ def run_command(
             )
         if rval:
             return result
-
-    def cleanup(self) -> None:
-        """
-        Remove self.temp_directory
-        """
-        shutil.rmtree(self.temp_directory)
diff --git a/github_scripts/suite_report_git.py b/github_scripts/suite_report_git.py
index 340110c4..62dc2b8e 100755
--- a/github_scripts/suite_report_git.py
+++ b/github_scripts/suite_report_git.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 from collections import defaultdict
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from pathlib import Path
-from tempfile import mkdtemp
 from typing import Dict, List, Set, Tuple
 
 from suite_data import SuiteData
@@ -79,8 +78,6 @@ def __init__(self, suite_path: Path) -> None:
         self.rose_data: Dict[str, str] = self.read_rose_conf()
         self.dependencies: Dict[str, Dict] = self.read_dependencies()
         self.primary_source: str = self.determine_primary_source()
-        self.temp_directory = Path(mkdtemp())
-        self.clone_sources()
         self.populate_gitinfo()
         self.populate_gitbdiff()
         self.trac_log = []
@@ -90,7 +87,7 @@ def parse_local_source(self, source: str) -> Tuple[str, str]:
         Find the branch name or hash and remote reference for a given source
         """
 
-        source = self.temp_directory / source
+        source = self.source_root / source
 
         branch_name = self.run_command(
             f"git -C {source} branch --show-current", rval=True
@@ -361,8 +358,11 @@ def parse_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
 
     args, _ = parser.parse_known_args()
 
-    # Check log file is writable, set as None if not (this will output to stdout)
-    if args.log_path and not os.access(args.log_path, os.W_OK):
+    # Default log_path as suite_path if not set, then check log file is writable
+    # set as None if not (this will output to stdout)
+    if not args.log_path:
+        args.log_path = args.suite_path
+    if not os.access(args.log_path, os.W_OK):
         args.log_path = None
 
     return args
@@ -376,11 +376,8 @@ def main() -> None:
     args = parse_args()
 
     suite_report = SuiteReport(args.suite_path)
-    try:
-        suite_report.create_log()
-        suite_report.write_log(args.log_path)
-    finally:
-        suite_report.cleanup()
+    suite_report.create_log()
+    suite_report.write_log(args.log_path)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":