diff --git a/.github/workflows/disallow-submodules.yml b/.github/workflows/disallow-submodules.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c61685931565
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/disallow-submodules.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: "Disallow submodules"
+permissions: read-all
+
+on:
+  pull_request
+
+jobs:
+  disallow-submodules:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.2
+    - name: Check for submodules
+      run: |
+        output=$(git submodule status --recursive 2>&1)
+        if [ ! -z $output ]; then
+          echo $output
+          echo "Submodules are not allowed"
+          exit 1
+        else
+          echo "No submodules found"
+        fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/repository-documentation-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/repository-documentation-deploy.yml
index c21bc900150d..630b49fdcd8a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/repository-documentation-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/repository-documentation-deploy.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.2
         with:
-          submodules: true  # Fetch Hugo themes (true OR recursive)
+          submodules: false  # Fetch Hugo themes (true OR recursive)
           fetch-depth: 0    # Fetch all history for .GitInfo and .Lastmod
 
       - name: Setup Hugo
diff --git a/.github/workflows/repository-documentation-test.yml b/.github/workflows/repository-documentation-test.yml
index b425ecb58ca7..ea15e4aa3188 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/repository-documentation-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/repository-documentation-test.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.2
         with:
-          submodules: true  # Fetch Hugo themes (true OR recursive)
+          submodules: false  # Fetch Hugo themes (true OR recursive)
           fetch-depth: 0    # Fetch all history for .GitInfo and .Lastmod
 
       - name: Setup Hugo
diff --git a/magician-vcr-eap b/magician-vcr-eap
deleted file mode 160000
index 489059b3c38f..000000000000
--- a/magician-vcr-eap
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 489059b3c38f038cd99d3b1d570fa4b09db4275c