diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos-ci-aarch64.yaml b/.github/TMP/macos-ci-aarch64.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/macos-ci-aarch64.yaml
rename to .github/TMP/macos-ci-aarch64.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos-ci-x86_64.yaml b/.github/TMP/macos-ci-x86_64.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/macos-ci-x86_64.yaml
rename to .github/TMP/macos-ci-x86_64.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu-ci-containers-x86_64.yaml b/.github/TMP/ubuntu-ci-containers-x86_64.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/ubuntu-ci-containers-x86_64.yaml
rename to .github/TMP/ubuntu-ci-containers-x86_64.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu-ci-x86_64.yaml b/.github/TMP/ubuntu-ci-x86_64.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/ubuntu-ci-x86_64.yaml
rename to .github/TMP/ubuntu-ci-x86_64.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu-rnd-x86_64.yaml b/.github/TMP/ubuntu-rnd-x86_64.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/ubuntu-rnd-x86_64.yaml
rename to .github/TMP/ubuntu-rnd-x86_64.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/util-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/util-tests.yaml
index 41d494fc1..3bddf71eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/util-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/util-tests.yaml
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
-          submodules: false
+          submodules: true
 
       - name: run-util-tests
         run: |
           export SPACK_STACK_DIR=$PWD
+          source ./setup.sh
           cd util/
           ./util_tests.sh
diff --git a/util/check_package_config.py b/util/check_package_config.py
index b2d00b4da..b7ff97b1b 100755
--- a/util/check_package_config.py
+++ b/util/check_package_config.py
@@ -22,17 +22,17 @@
 SPACK_ROOT = os.getenv("SPACK_ROOT")
 assert SPACK_ROOT, "$SPACK_ROOT must be set but is not!"
 
+SPACK_ENV = os.getenv("SPACK_ENV")
+assert SPACK_ENV, "$SPACK_ENV must be set but is not!"
+
 print("SPACK_ENV", SPACK_ENV)
 print("SPACK_ROOT", SPACK_ROOT)
 print("os.listdir(SPACK_ROOT)", os.listdir(SPACK_ROOT))
-print("os.listdir(os.path.join(SPACK_ROOT, "lib/spack/external/_vendoring"))", os.listdir(os.path.join(SPACK_ROOT, "lib/spack/external/_vendoring")))
+print('os.listdir(os.path.join(SPACK_ROOT, "lib/spack/external/_vendoring"))', os.listdir(os.path.join(SPACK_ROOT, "lib/spack/external/_vendoring")))
 
 sys.path.append(os.path.join(SPACK_ROOT, "lib/spack/external/_vendoring"))
 from ruamel import yaml
 
-SPACK_ENV = os.getenv("SPACK_ENV")
-assert SPACK_ENV, "$SPACK_ENV must be set but is not!"
-
 # Load common/packages.yaml and site/packages.yaml for versions and externals, respectively
 packages_versions_path = os.path.join(SPACK_ENV, "common", "packages.yaml")
 with open(packages_versions_path, "r") as f:
diff --git a/util/util_tests.sh b/util/util_tests.sh
index e4f507052..1ba1fbd1a 100755
--- a/util/util_tests.sh
+++ b/util/util_tests.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,10 @@ fi
 
 ## Check check_package_config.py
 export SPACK_ENV=${SPACK_STACK_DIR}/util/test_env
-export SPACK_ROOT=${SPACK_STACK_DIR}/spack
+### NOT NEEDED I THINK export SPACK_ROOT=${SPACK_STACK_DIR}/spack
+${SPACK_STACK_DIR}/util/check_package_config.py
+${SPACK_STACK_DIR}/util/check_package_config.py | sort
+${SPACK_STACK_DIR}/util/check_package_config.py | sort | md5sum
 output_checksum=$(${SPACK_STACK_DIR}/util/check_package_config.py | sort | md5sum)
 reference_checksum=$(cat ${SPACK_STACK_DIR}/util/test_env/package_check_baseline.txt | md5sum)
 if [[ "$output_checksum" != "$reference_checksum" ]]; then