diff --git a/.github/workflows/presubmit.yml b/.github/workflows/presubmit.yml
index 0a7f5e325..cb340813c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/presubmit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/presubmit.yml
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-          fetch-depth: 1
-          fetch-tags: true
-          # We should not need other git commits, so removed
-          # fetch-depth: 0
+          # If fetch-depth: 0 is not specified, then
+          #     git describe --tags --dirty
+          # below fails. Is that actually needed?
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       # Ownerships in the working directory are odd.
       # . is owned by UID 1001, while repo files are owned by root