diff --git a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
index 8827640..7dcc362 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pre-commit.yml
@@ -21,6 +21,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - run: USE_PYTHON=python3.10 ./.github/workflows/run-pc.sh
+    - run: USE_PYTHON=python3.9 ./.github/workflows/run-pc.sh
       shell: bash
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-pc.sh b/.github/workflows/run-pc.sh
index b188b7f..6e9d64c 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/run-pc.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-pc.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash -x
 
-dnf install git-lfs -y
+# should no longer need this
+#dnf install git-lfs -y
 
 PYTHON_VARIANT="${USE_PYTHON:-python3.11}"
 PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin"