diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 74cda580e5..e27662b2e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -21,18 +21,15 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@3d3c42e5aac5ba805825da76410c181273ba90b1 # v7.0.1
+        with:
+          submodules: false # Ignore the Go submodule as it's out of scope for this workflow
 
       - name: Initialize CodeQL
-        uses: github/codeql-action/init@6f2ac81f5cd81fe351a197ba0b00d91d03cd2aee # v4.39.0
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@24c54180a607b1449ed407dd24f251e4e9147c8d # v4.39.0
         with:
           languages: go
 
-      - name: Autobuild
-        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@6f2ac81f5cd81fe351a197ba0b00d91d03cd2aee # v4.39.0
-        with:
-          working-directory: eng/_util
-
       - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@6f2ac81f5cd81fe351a197ba0b00d91d03cd2aee # v4.39.0
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@24c54180a607b1449ed407dd24f251e4e9147c8d # v4.39.0
         with:
           category: /language:go