diff --git a/.github/workflows/testing.yml b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
index 022278e1067..6af6ec139d3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testing.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ jobs:
       credentials:
         username: ${{ github.actor }}
         password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      options: '--pull=always'
     strategy:
       matrix:
         python-version: ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10']
@@ -101,7 +100,6 @@ jobs:
       credentials:
         username: ${{ github.actor }}
         password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      options: '--pull=always'
     strategy:
       matrix:
         model: ["e3sm", "cesm"]