diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index ea0a99bd7..73fd8ddd3 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ jobs:
           name: "Pull dependencies"
           command: |
             git submodule init
-            git submodule update --remote
+            git submodule update
       - restore_cache:
           keys:
             - v8-cargo-cache-linux-nightly-{{ arch }}-{{ checksum "Cargo.lock" }}