diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 54301863d..4174ba1ef 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ shared:
       name: Initialize
       command: |
         mkdir -p /tmp/artifacts
+        # Workaround for failing submodule fetching
+        git config --global --unset url."ssh://git@github.com".insteadOf || true
 
   # Commmon environment variables
   common_environment: &common_environment