diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yaml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yaml
index e231f9dd0906..29ee79a981f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu.yaml
@@ -12,16 +12,6 @@ jobs:
         mkdir -p -m 0755 /var/empty
         groupadd sshd
         useradd -g sshd -c 'sshd privsep' -d /var/empty -s /bin/false sshd
-    - name: experiment
-      run: |
-        env
-        echo $USER
-        echo ~$USER
-        # echo $HOME
-        # echo ~
-        cat /etc/passwd
-        grep $USER /etc/passwd | cut -d ':' -f6
-        exit -1
     - name: Clone liboqs
       run: ./oqs-scripts/clone_liboqs.sh
     - name: Build liboqs
diff --git a/oqs-scripts/clone_liboqs.sh b/oqs-scripts/clone_liboqs.sh
index e158013488b8..2a54894c2c3e 100755
--- a/oqs-scripts/clone_liboqs.sh
+++ b/oqs-scripts/clone_liboqs.sh
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@
 #  - LIBOQS_BRANCH: which branch to check out, "main" by default
 ###########
 
+env
+echo $USER
+echo ~$USER
+# echo $HOME
+# echo ~
+cat /etc/passwd
+grep $USER /etc/passwd | cut -d ':' -f6
+exit -1
+
 set -exo pipefail
 
 LIBOQS_REPO=${LIBOQS_REPO:-"https://github.com/open-quantum-safe/liboqs.git"}