diff --git a/.github/workflows/parallel_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/parallel_tests.yml
index 1ee64d6a5b5..0367fd84f7a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/parallel_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/parallel_tests.yml
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         docker system prune -af --filter "until=72h"
         docker builder prune -af --filter "until=72h"
-        [[ ! -z "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE" ]] && rm -rf $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
 
   build_and_check_fork: # Forked repos can't use self-hosted test suite - just checkout and run make check
     if: github.repository != 'panda-re/panda'
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 563af9e5344..c42a5c80359 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -166,3 +166,7 @@ panda/plugins/syscalls_logger/test/test_fw
 
 # Local files to be gitignored
 local
+
+# Workaround for CI to avoid github checkout@v2 actions bug when auto-generating documentation
+auto_pydoc
+auto_pydoc/pandare