diff --git a/.github/workflows/commitlint.yml b/.github/workflows/commitlint.yml
index fec11d6c2..36e15a54c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/commitlint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/commitlint.yml
@@ -7,4 +7,14 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   commitlint:
-    uses: openedx/.github/.github/workflows/commitlint.yml@master
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: remove tsconfig.json # see issue https://github.com/conventional-changelog/commitlint/issues/3256
+        run: |
+          rm tsconfig.json
+      - name: Check commits
+        uses: wagoid/commitlint-github-action@v5