diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 7e68e82a..a4caf4fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -47,13 +47,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-tags: true # required for "git describe"
-
-      - name: Fetch more data from git
-        run: |
-          # fetch everything back till the $(ZIG_VERSION) tag.
-          # https://stackoverflow.com/a/58082274
-          git fetch --shallow-exclude ${{ env.ZIG_VERSION }}
-          git fetch --deepen=2
+          fetch-depth: '0' # clone complete history
 
       - name: Setup Zig
         uses: goto-bus-stop/setup-zig@v2