diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-release.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-release.yml
index cf02a9f..237fe1d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-release.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: 3.7
       - run: |
-          git fetch --depth=1 origin +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*
           npm install git-release-notes
           pip install twine wheel
           ./scripts/release.sh final "${{ github.event.inputs.release_reason }}" "${{github.actor}}"