diff --git a/.github/workflows/__debug-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/__debug-artifacts.yml
index fe873d251..313f10f2c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__debug-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__debug-artifacts.yml
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/prepare-test
       with:
         version: ${{ matrix.version }}
-    - name: Initialize dotnet
-      run: dotnet restore
     - uses: ./../action/init
       with:
         tools: ${{ steps.prepare-test.outputs.tools-url }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__go-custom-queries.yml b/.github/workflows/__go-custom-queries.yml
index 5f700d23b..2e71b5cff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__go-custom-queries.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__go-custom-queries.yml
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/prepare-test
       with:
         version: ${{ matrix.version }}
-    - name: Initialize dotnet
-      run: dotnet restore
     - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
       with:
         go-version: ^1.13.1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__multi-language-autodetect.yml b/.github/workflows/__multi-language-autodetect.yml
index 4e0b064f0..d7b43c477 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__multi-language-autodetect.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__multi-language-autodetect.yml
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/prepare-test
       with:
         version: ${{ matrix.version }}
-    - name: Initialize dotnet
-      run: dotnet restore
     - uses: ./../action/init
       with:
         db-location: ${{ runner.temp }}/customDbLocation
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__packaging-config-inputs-js.yml b/.github/workflows/__packaging-config-inputs-js.yml
index 7bd08c291..824a0041b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__packaging-config-inputs-js.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__packaging-config-inputs-js.yml
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/prepare-test
       with:
         version: ${{ matrix.version }}
-    - name: Initialize dotnet
-      run: dotnet restore
     - uses: ./../action/init
       with:
         config-file: .github/codeql/codeql-config-packaging3.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__packaging-config-js.yml b/.github/workflows/__packaging-config-js.yml
index 759a08e8d..0a2ece98a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__packaging-config-js.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__packaging-config-js.yml
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/prepare-test
       with:
         version: ${{ matrix.version }}
-    - name: Initialize dotnet
-      run: dotnet restore
     - uses: ./../action/init
       with:
         config-file: .github/codeql/codeql-config-packaging.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__packaging-inputs-js.yml b/.github/workflows/__packaging-inputs-js.yml
index 08e724a28..686d6f32f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__packaging-inputs-js.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__packaging-inputs-js.yml
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/prepare-test
       with:
         version: ${{ matrix.version }}
-    - name: Initialize dotnet
-      run: dotnet restore
     - uses: ./../action/init
       with:
         config-file: .github/codeql/codeql-config-packaging2.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__remote-config.yml b/.github/workflows/__remote-config.yml
index 84aa3c81d..de01cd994 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__remote-config.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__remote-config.yml
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/prepare-test
       with:
         version: ${{ matrix.version }}
-    - name: Initialize dotnet
-      run: dotnet restore
     - uses: ./../action/init
       with:
         tools: ${{ steps.prepare-test.outputs.tools-url }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__split-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/__split-workflow.yml
index 3520aca93..dc9d41116 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__split-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__split-workflow.yml
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/prepare-test
       with:
         version: ${{ matrix.version }}
-    - name: Initialize dotnet
-      run: dotnet restore
     - uses: ./../action/init
       with:
         config-file: .github/codeql/codeql-config-packaging3.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__test-local-codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/__test-local-codeql.yml
index 6d9389064..c2e067cd5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__test-local-codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__test-local-codeql.yml
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/prepare-test
       with:
         version: ${{ matrix.version }}
-    - name: Initialize dotnet
-      run: dotnet restore
     - name: Fetch a CodeQL bundle
       shell: bash
       env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__unset-environment.yml b/.github/workflows/__unset-environment.yml
index 0ca4cb25c..fbff545d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__unset-environment.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__unset-environment.yml
@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ jobs:
       uses: ./.github/prepare-test
       with:
         version: ${{ matrix.version }}
-    - name: Initialize dotnet
-      run: dotnet restore
     - uses: ./../action/init
       with:
         db-location: ${{ runner.temp }}/customDbLocation
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
index adf567f55..704f9e31d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-checks.yml
@@ -163,9 +163,6 @@ jobs:
           cd ../action/runner
           npm install
           npm run build-runner
-      
-      - name: Initialize dotnet
-        run: dotnet restore
 
       - name: Run init
         run: |
@@ -203,9 +200,6 @@ jobs:
           cd ../action/runner
           npm install
           npm run build-runner
-      
-      - name: Initialize dotnet
-        run: dotnet restore
 
       - name: Run init
         run: |
@@ -252,9 +246,6 @@ jobs:
           npm install
           npm run build-runner
 
-      - name: Initialize dotnet
-        run: dotnet restore
-
       - name: Run init
         run: |
           ../action/runner/dist/codeql-runner-macos init --repository $GITHUB_REPOSITORY --languages csharp --github-url $GITHUB_SERVER_URL --github-auth ${{ github.token }}
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/debug-artifacts.yml b/pr-checks/checks/debug-artifacts.yml
index ee8ae8dd6..fd852f38e 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/debug-artifacts.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/debug-artifacts.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ name: "Debug artifact upload"
 description: "Checks that debugging artifacts are correctly uploaded"
 os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest"]
 steps:
-  - name: Initialize dotnet
-    run: dotnet restore
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
       tools: ${{ steps.prepare-test.outputs.tools-url }}
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/go-custom-queries.yml b/pr-checks/checks/go-custom-queries.yml
index 99a9351bb..c17b9348a 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/go-custom-queries.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/go-custom-queries.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 name: "Go: Custom queries"
 description: "Checks that Go works in conjunction with a config file specifying custom queries"
 steps:
-  - name: Initialize dotnet
-    run: dotnet restore
   - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
     with:
       go-version: "^1.13.1"
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/multi-language-autodetect.yml b/pr-checks/checks/multi-language-autodetect.yml
index a6d3d1cfe..c9238b9b9 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/multi-language-autodetect.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/multi-language-autodetect.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ name: "Multi-language repository"
 description: "An end-to-end integration test of a multi-language repository using automatic language detection"
 os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest"]
 steps:
-  - name: Initialize dotnet
-    run: dotnet restore
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
       db-location: "${{ runner.temp }}/customDbLocation"
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/packaging-config-inputs-js.yml b/pr-checks/checks/packaging-config-inputs-js.yml
index abd84188b..eb5a69337 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/packaging-config-inputs-js.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/packaging-config-inputs-js.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ description: "Checks that specifying packages using a combination of a config fi
 versions: ["nightly-20210831"] # This CLI version is known to work with package used in this test
 os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest"]
 steps:
-  - name: Initialize dotnet
-    run: dotnet restore
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
       config-file: ".github/codeql/codeql-config-packaging3.yml"
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/packaging-config-js.yml b/pr-checks/checks/packaging-config-js.yml
index 4e6eaa5bb..6a8c5135c 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/packaging-config-js.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/packaging-config-js.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ description: "Checks that specifying packages using only a config file works"
 versions: ["nightly-20210831"] # This CLI version is known to work with package used in this test
 os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest"]
 steps:
-  - name: Initialize dotnet
-    run: dotnet restore
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
       config-file: ".github/codeql/codeql-config-packaging.yml"
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/packaging-inputs-js.yml b/pr-checks/checks/packaging-inputs-js.yml
index 85b7741ec..34368581e 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/packaging-inputs-js.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/packaging-inputs-js.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ description: "Checks that specifying packages using the input to the Action work
 versions: ["nightly-20210831"] # This CLI version is known to work with package used in this test
 os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest"]
 steps:
-  - name: Initialize dotnet
-    run: dotnet restore
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
       config-file: ".github/codeql/codeql-config-packaging2.yml"
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/remote-config.yml b/pr-checks/checks/remote-config.yml
index 4b0078db1..8ad8fa073 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/remote-config.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/remote-config.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 name: "Remote config file"
 description: "Checks that specifying packages using only a config file works"
 steps:
-  - name: Initialize dotnet
-    run: dotnet restore
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
       tools: ${{ steps.prepare-test.outputs.tools-url }}
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/split-workflow.yml b/pr-checks/checks/split-workflow.yml
index 7921621e9..97d233c33 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/split-workflow.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/split-workflow.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ description: "Tests a split-up workflow in which we first build a database and l
 versions: ["nightly-20210831"] # This CLI version is known to work with package used in this test
 os: ["ubuntu-latest", "macos-latest"]
 steps:
-  - name: Initialize dotnet
-    run: dotnet restore
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
       config-file: ".github/codeql/codeql-config-packaging3.yml"
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/test-local-codeql.yml b/pr-checks/checks/test-local-codeql.yml
index 90b910e99..99394b5c6 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/test-local-codeql.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/test-local-codeql.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ description: "Tests using a CodeQL bundle from a local file rather than a URL"
 versions: ["nightly-latest"]
 os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
 steps:
-  - name: Initialize dotnet
-    run: dotnet restore
   - name: Fetch a CodeQL bundle
     shell: bash
     env:
diff --git a/pr-checks/checks/unset-environment.yml b/pr-checks/checks/unset-environment.yml
index 588befb2d..3a8abd48f 100644
--- a/pr-checks/checks/unset-environment.yml
+++ b/pr-checks/checks/unset-environment.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ name: "Test unsetting environment variables"
 description: "An end-to-end integration test that unsets some environment variables"
 os: ["ubuntu-latest"]
 steps:
-  - name: Initialize dotnet
-    run: dotnet restore
   - uses: ./../action/init
     with:
       db-location: "${{ runner.temp }}/customDbLocation"