diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest-template.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest-template.yml
index 7edb50b760..c9f2e737c0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest-template.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest-template.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
   before_script:
     - JOBS=$(expr $(nproc) + 1)
   script:
-    - if test -n "$LD_JOBS";
-      then
-        scripts/git-submodule.sh update meson ;
-      fi
     - mkdir build
     - cd build
     - ../configure --enable-werror --disable-docs --enable-fdt=system
diff --git a/scripts/archive-source.sh b/scripts/archive-source.sh
index 23e042dacd..c035329154 100755
--- a/scripts/archive-source.sh
+++ b/scripts/archive-source.sh
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ sub_file="${sub_tdir}/submodule.tar"
 # independent of what the developer currently has initialized
 # in their checkout, because the build environment is completely
 # different to the host OS.
-submodules="dtc meson ui/keycodemapdb"
+submodules="dtc ui/keycodemapdb"
 submodules="$submodules tests/fp/berkeley-softfloat-3 tests/fp/berkeley-testfloat-3"
 sub_deinit=""