diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
index 1622b83..7654c7f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
 
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fe7edd5..6212351 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Check out code
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        fetch-tags: true
 
     - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
@@ -89,8 +87,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Check out code
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        fetch-tags: true
 
     - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
@@ -144,8 +140,6 @@ jobs:
     continue-on-error: true
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        fetch-tags: true
     - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: stencil-object-files
@@ -175,8 +169,6 @@ jobs:
     continue-on-error: true
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        fetch-tags: true
     - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: stencil-object-files
@@ -206,8 +198,6 @@ jobs:
     continue-on-error: true
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        fetch-tags: true
     - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: stencil-object-files
@@ -242,8 +232,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Check out code
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        fetch-tags: true
 
     - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
@@ -290,10 +278,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
           fetch-tags: true
-          sparse-checkout: |
-            pyproject.toml
-            tools/get_tag.sh
 
       - name: Download artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cf6c9ff..aaa1e38 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ docs/source/api
 core
 *.log
 docs/source/start.md
+/src/copapy/_version.py
diff --git a/src/copapy/_version.py b/src/copapy/_version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 869cfb0..0000000
--- a/src/copapy/_version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-# generated by setuptools_scm - do not edit
-__version__ = "0.0.0"