diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
index b373df862c30..2a07f097298e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
@@ -101,11 +101,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
         with:
           submodules: true
-          # versioneer.py requires the latest tag to be reachable. Here we
-          # fetch the complete history to get access to the tags.
-          # A shallow clone can work when the following issue is resolved:
-          # https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/338
-          fetch-tags: true
 
       - name: Setup MSVC (32-bit)
         if: ${{ matrix.buildplat[1] == 'win32' }}
@@ -215,11 +210,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
         with:
           submodules: true
-          # versioneer.py requires the latest tag to be reachable. Here we
-          # fetch the complete history to get access to the tags.
-          # A shallow clone can work when the following issue is resolved:
-          # https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/338
-          fetch-tags: true
       # Used to push the built wheels
       - uses: actions/setup-python@0a5c61591373683505ea898e09a3ea4f39ef2b9c # v5.0.0
         with: