diff --git a/.github/workflows/java_mirror.yml b/.github/workflows/java_mirror.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index cf8527aefc..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/java_mirror.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-name: mirror
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-    tags:
-      - 'v*.*.*'
-
-jobs:
-  mirror:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: webfactory/ssh-agent@v0.4.1
-        with:
-          ssh-private-key: ${{ secrets.MIRROR_SSH_KEY }}
-      - name: Mirror all origin branches and tags to internal repo
-        run: |
-          export GIT_SSH_COMMAND="ssh -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no"
-          git remote add internal ${{ secrets.INTERNAL_REPO }}
-          git push internal --all -f
-          git push internal --tags -f
diff --git a/.github/workflows/java_release.yml b/.github/workflows/java_release.yml
index 8899b8ceeb..bd3563306f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java_release.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@ jobs:
       highest_semver_tag: ${{ steps.get_highest_semver.outputs.highest_semver_tag }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          submodules: 'true'
       - name: Get release version
         id: get_release_version
         run: echo ::set-output name=release_version::${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/}