diff --git a/.github/workflows/server-buildpackage-rust.child.yaml b/.github/workflows/server-buildpackage-rust.child.yaml
index e7bacac07..601310232 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/server-buildpackage-rust.child.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/server-buildpackage-rust.child.yaml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ on:
         description: "Git repo from where the Rust code is got to build package"
         required: false
         type: "string"
-        default: "GStreamer/gst-plugins-rs"
+        default: "https://github.com/GStreamer/gst-plugins-rs"
       jobGitName:
         description: "Non-default git branch or tag that should be checked out, if it exists"
         required: false
@@ -39,37 +39,16 @@ jobs:
         jobDistro: ${{ fromJson(inputs.jobDistros) }}
     timeout-minutes: 30
     steps:
-      - name: "Check for non-default git ref"
-        id: "git-ref"
-        run: |
-          if [[ -n "${{ inputs.jobGitName }}" ]]; then
-            echo "value=${{ inputs.jobGitName }}" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "value=main" >>$GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
-
-      - prepare: "Sets temporary directory for repo checkout"
-        run: |
-          mkdir tmpRepo
-
-      # Action: https://github.com/actions/checkout
-      - name: "Checkout"
-        uses: "actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c" # v3.3.0
-        working-directory: "tmpRepo/"
-        with:
-          repository: "${{ inputs.jobGitRepo }}"
-          ref: "${{ steps.git-ref.outputs.value }}"
-
       - name: "Configure the environment for ci-scripts/"
         run: |
           echo "$PWD"/ci-scripts >>$GITHUB_PATH
           echo "KURENTO_SCRIPTS_HOME=$PWD"/ci-scripts >>$GITHUB_ENV
           echo "GSTREAMER_RUST_PATCH_DIR=$PWD/server/gst-plugins-rs" >>$GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "JOB_DIR=$PWD/tmpRepo" >>$GITHUB_ENV
           echo "JOB_TIMESTAMP=$(date --utc +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)" >>$GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: "Run job script"
         env:
+          JOB_REPO: "${{ inputs.jobGitRepo }}"
           JOB_DISTRO: "${{ matrix.jobDistro }}"
           JOB_RELEASE: "${{ inputs.jobRelease }}"
           DISABLE_APT_PROXY: "true"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/server.parent.yaml b/.github/workflows/server.parent.yaml
index cb5d26bf6..d8d85a864 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/server.parent.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/server.parent.yaml
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
     uses: "./.github/workflows/server-buildpackage-rust.child.yaml"
     with:
       jobDistros: "${{ inputs.jobDistros }}"
-      jobGitRepo: "GStreamer/gst-plugins-rs"
+      jobGitRepo: "https://github.com/GStreamer/gst-plugins-rs"
       jobGitName: "gstreamer-1.24.2"
       jobRelease: ${{ inputs.jobRelease }}
       runnerGroup: ${{ inputs.runnerGroup }}
diff --git a/ci-scripts/ci_job_package_gst_rust_debian.sh b/ci-scripts/ci_job_package_gst_rust_debian.sh
index 03854264f..f91d9d662 100755
--- a/ci-scripts/ci_job_package_gst_rust_debian.sh
+++ b/ci-scripts/ci_job_package_gst_rust_debian.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
 #/
 #/   Numeric timestamp shown in the version of nightly packages.
 #/
+#/ JOB_GIT_REPO
+#/
+#/   Git REpository containing the rust project to build package
+#/
 #/ JOB_GIT_NAME
 #/
 #/   Git branch or tag that should be checked out, if it exists.
@@ -44,11 +48,6 @@
 #/
 #/   Path to the diffs to apply to gstreamer rust
 #/
-#/ JOB_DIR
-#/
-#/   Path to the rust repository
-#/
-#/
 #/ * Variable(s) from job Multi-Configuration ("Matrix") Project axis:
 #/
 #/ JOB_DISTRO
@@ -87,7 +86,10 @@ set -o xtrace
 GST_RUST_PACKAGE="gst-plugin-rtp"
 
 # Apply diff to generate deb package
-cd $JOB_DIR
+mkdir tmpRepo
+cd tmpRepo
+git clone $JOB_GIT_REPO
+cd *
 git apply "$GSTREAMER_RUST_PATCH_DIR"/debian.diff