diff --git a/.github/workflows/concretize-current-nightly.yaml b/.github/workflows/concretize-current-nightly.yaml
index b66d1574..d4669ac0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/concretize-current-nightly.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/concretize-current-nightly.yaml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ jobs:
             cat <<'EOF' > ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/script_container.sh
             set -e
 
-            cd /
 
             if [ "${{ matrix.image }}" = "alma9" ]; then
               os=almalinux9
@@ -56,6 +55,7 @@ jobs:
             rel=$(find /cvmfs/sw-nightlies.hsf.org/key4hep/releases/ -maxdepth 3 -type f -wholename "*$os*opt*/.scratch" | sort -r | head -1)
             rel=$(dirname $rel)
 
+            cd /
             git clone https://github.com/spack/spack -q
             cd /spack
             git checkout $(cat /key4hep-spack/.latest-commit)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/concretize.yaml b/.github/workflows/concretize.yaml
index 1c59d478..423b5629 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/concretize.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/concretize.yaml
@@ -39,10 +39,8 @@ jobs:
             cat <<'EOF' > ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/script_container.sh
             set -e
 
-            cd /
-            ls -lah /
-            ls -lah /key4hep-spack
 
+            cd /
             git clone https://github.com/spack/spack -q
             source spack/share/spack/setup-env.sh