diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index a2ede0777..96edc14cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
           # Prevent use of implicit GitHub Actions read-only token GITHUB_TOKEN.
           # We push Javadocs to the gh-pages branch on commit.
           token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
-          fetch-depth: 0  # allow build-bin/idl_to_gh_pages to get the full history
+          fetch-depth: 0  # build-bin/javadoc_to_gh_pages checks out gh-pages
       - name: Setup java
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 61de5a3d8..905761d2b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0 # full git history for license check
       - name: Setup java
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
diff --git a/brave/src/test/java/brave/sampler/BoundarySamplerTest.java b/brave/src/test/java/brave/sampler/BoundarySamplerTest.java
index 3744a2c07..72e65bb2c 100644
--- a/brave/src/test/java/brave/sampler/BoundarySamplerTest.java
+++ b/brave/src/test/java/brave/sampler/BoundarySamplerTest.java
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ class BoundarySamplerTest extends SamplerTest {
   }
 
   @Override Percentage expectedErrorProbability() {
-    return withPercentage(10);
+    return withPercentage(11);
   }
 
   @Test void acceptsOneInTenThousandProbability() {
diff --git a/build-bin/README.md b/build-bin/README.md
index fec947f8b..bbe4d2f04 100755
--- a/build-bin/README.md
+++ b/build-bin/README.md
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0  # full git history for license check
       - name: Test
         run: |
           build-bin/configure_test
@@ -114,8 +112,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 1  # only needed to get the sha label
       - name: Configure Deploy
         run: build-bin/configure_deploy
         env: