diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml b/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml
index f39991c2aac..41965ff6d1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_docs.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ jobs:
         apt-get update
         apt-get install -y git
         git clone "https://token:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git" .
-        git config --global --add safe.directory /__w/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}
       shell: bash
  
     - name: Execute script to build our documentation and update pages
diff --git a/docs/build_docs.sh b/docs/build_docs.sh
index 22eb2ea6908..3800c4600e5 100755
--- a/docs/build_docs.sh
+++ b/docs/build_docs.sh
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ apt-get update
 apt-get -y install git rsync python3-pip python3-git python3-stemmer python3-virtualenv python3-setuptools
 python3 -m pip install -U sphinx==4.1.1 myst-parser==0.15.2 pygments==2.10.0 sphinx-rtd-theme==0.5.2
 
-export SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=$(git log -1 --pretty=%ct)
 export REPO_NAME="${GITHUB_REPOSITORY##*/}"
+
+git config --global --add safe.directory /__w/${REPO_NAME}/${REPO_NAME}
+export SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=$(git log -1 --pretty=%ct)
 temp_docs_root=`mktemp -d`
 
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