diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4c28b39062..451dbe98e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -61,18 +61,6 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 5
           submodules: true
 
-      # Install gnu-tar because BSD tar is buggy on Github's macos machines.
-      # https://github.com/actions/cache/issues/403
-      # https://github.com/actions-rs/cargo/issues/111.
-      - name: Install GNU tar
-        if: matrix.build == 'macos'
-        run: |
-          brew install gnu-tar
-          echo "::add-path::/usr/local/opt/gnu-tar/libexec/gnubin"
-
-      - name: Write git_submodule_status.txt
-        run: git submodule status --recursive > git_submodule_status.txt
-
       - name: Create source tarballs (release, linux)
         if: |
           startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu') &&