diff --git a/.github/workflows/chef.yaml b/.github/workflows/chef.yaml
index 9103d0c7e80192..a76e6228f6e7b5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/chef.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/chef.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ jobs:
             - name: Chef validate zzz
               shell: bash
               run: |
-                git fetch origin master
                 cd examples/chef
                 python3 chef.py --validate_zzz
 
diff --git a/examples/chef/chef.py b/examples/chef/chef.py
index aa88869fba21fd..591683a22b7bba 100755
--- a/examples/chef/chef.py
+++ b/examples/chef/chef.py
@@ -199,10 +199,10 @@ def main(argv: Sequence[str]) -> None:
                     device_file_md5 = hashlib.md5(device_file_data).hexdigest()
                     ci_manifest[device_name] = device_file_md5
                     print(f"Manifest for {device_name} : {device_file_md5}")
-        git_cmd = ["git", "ls-tree", "master", "third_party/zap/repo"]
-        zap_commit = str(subprocess.check_output(git_cmd, cwd=_REPO_BASE_PATH))
-        zap_commit = zap_commit.split(" ")[2]
-        zap_commit = zap_commit[:zap_commit.index("\\")]
+        # git_cmd = ["git", "ls-tree", "master", "third_party/zap/repo"]
+        # zap_commit = str(subprocess.check_output(git_cmd, cwd=_REPO_BASE_PATH))
+        # zap_commit = zap_commit.split(" ")[2]
+        # zap_commit = zap_commit[:zap_commit.index("\\")]
         print(f"zap commit: {zap_commit}")
         ci_manifest["zap_commit"] = zap_commit
         with open(ci_manifest_file_name, "r", encoding="utf-8") as ci_manifest_file: