diff --git a/.github/actions/set-package-list/action.yml b/.github/actions/set-package-list/action.yml
index 6f5f58b..10e127a 100644
--- a/.github/actions/set-package-list/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/set-package-list/action.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ description: 'Get a list of packages in the given path'
 inputs:
   path:
     description: 'Path to the repository after checkout'
-    required: true
 outputs:
   package_list:
     description: "A white-space separated list of packages"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-build-coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-build-coverage.yml
index 72da69e..1f70f55 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-build-coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-build-coverage.yml
@@ -12,10 +12,6 @@ on:
         default: 'ubuntu-latest'
         type: string
 
-env:
-  # this will be src/{repo-owner}/{repo-name}
-  path: src/${{ github.repository }}
-
 jobs:
   coverage:
     name: coverage build ${{ inputs.ros_distro }}
@@ -25,12 +21,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           required-ros-distributions: ${{ inputs.ros_distro }}
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          path: ${{ env.path }}
       - id: package_list_action
         uses: ros-controls/ros2_control_ci/.github/actions/set-package-list@master
-        with:
-          path: ${{ env.path }}
       - uses: ros-tooling/action-ros-ci@0.3.6
         with:
           target-ros2-distro: ${{ inputs.ros_distro }}