diff --git a/.github/workflows/composites/clean-space/action.yaml b/.github/workflows/composites/clean-space/action.yaml
index 2f9906ce2e..cba74e0221 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/composites/clean-space/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/composites/clean-space/action.yaml
@@ -9,15 +9,7 @@ runs:
 
     - name: manually remove gcloud
       shell: bash
-      run: |
-        gcloud_sdk_root=$(gcloud info --format='value(installation.sdk_root)')
-        gcloud_global_config=$(gcloud info --format='value(config.paths.global_config_dir)')
-        
-        echo "will remove directory : $gcloud_sdk_root"
-        echo "will remove directory : $gcloud_global_config"
-        
-        sudo rm -fr $gcloud_sdk_root
-        sudo rm -fr $gcloud_global_config
+      run: sudo apt-get remove google-cloud-cli
 
     - name: same as 'large-packages' but without 'google-cloud-sdk'
       shell: bash