diff --git a/.github/actions/maximize-build-space b/.github/actions/maximize-build-space
deleted file mode 160000
index fc881a613a..0000000000
--- a/.github/actions/maximize-build-space
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit fc881a613ad2a34aca9c9624518214ebc21dfc0c
diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index 1915ca69e0..76abf34d6c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -106,13 +106,19 @@ jobs:
     env:
       RECORDING_PATH: /tmp/recording-${{ matrix.case.name }}
     steps:
+      - name: Maximize runner space
+        uses: easimon/maximize-build-space@fc881a613ad2a34aca9c9624518214ebc21dfc0c
+        with:
+          root-reserve-mb: 30720
+          temp-reserve-mb: 10240
+          remove-dotnet: 'true'
+          remove-android: 'true'
+          remove-haskell: 'true'
+          remove-codeql: 'true'
+          remove-docker-images: 'true'
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: true
-      - name: Echo free space
-        run: |
-          echo "Runner Free space:"
-          df -h
       - name: Set up JDK 11
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 0c615c431d..c126080821 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -19,8 +19,3 @@
 	path = .github/actions/paths-filter
 	url = https://github.com/dorny/paths-filter
 	branch = de90cc6fb38fc0963ad72b210f1f284cd68cea36
-
-[submodule ".github/actions/maximize-build-space"]
-	path = .github/actions/maximize-build-space
-	url = https://github.com/easimon/maximize-build-space
-	branch = fc881a613ad2a34aca9c9624518214ebc21dfc0c