diff --git a/ci/codebuild/build-cpp-sdk.sh b/ci/codebuild/build-cpp-sdk.sh
index 93ae7eb..59a8748 100755
--- a/ci/codebuild/build-cpp-sdk.sh
+++ b/ci/codebuild/build-cpp-sdk.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 # build the AWS C++ SDK
 cd /aws-sdk-cpp
-git pull
 mkdir build
 cd build
 cmake .. -GNinja -DBUILD_ONLY="lambda" \