diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/shared-salt.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/shared-salt.yaml
index b14f868..7fa9b28 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/shared-salt.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/shared-salt.yaml
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@
     #HOME=/root git config --global http.sslCAInfo /root/.git_trusted_certs.pem;
     HOME=/root git config --global user.email "mcp-integration-qa@example.com";
     HOME=/root git config --global user.name "MCP Integration QA";
-    HOME=/root git config submodule."classes/system".url "{{ SALT_MODELS_SYSTEM_REPOSITORY }}";
   node_name: {{ HOSTNAME_CFG01 }}
   retry: {count: 1, delay: 1}
   skip_fail: false
@@ -122,27 +121,29 @@
   cmd: |
     set -e;
     #ssh-keyscan -H github.com >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts;
-    export GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY=true; git clone -b {{ SALT_MODELS_BRANCH }} --recurse-submodules {{ SALT_MODELS_REPOSITORY }} /srv/salt/reclass;
-    pushd /srv/salt/reclass && \
+    export GIT_SSL_NO_VERIFY=true; git clone -b {{ SALT_MODELS_BRANCH }} {{ SALT_MODELS_REPOSITORY }} /srv/salt/reclass;
+    pushd /srv/salt/reclass;
+    git config submodule."classes/system".url "{{ SALT_MODELS_SYSTEM_REPOSITORY }}";
+    git submodule update --init --recursive;
     {%- if SALT_MODELS_REF_CHANGE != '' %}
     {%- for item in SALT_MODELS_REF_CHANGE.split(" ") %}
-    git fetch {{ SALT_MODELS_REPOSITORY }} {{ item }} && git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD && \
+    git fetch {{ SALT_MODELS_REPOSITORY }} {{ item }} && git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD;
     {%- endfor %}
     {%- elif SALT_MODELS_COMMIT != 'master' %}
-    git checkout {{ SALT_MODELS_COMMIT }} && \
+    git checkout {{ SALT_MODELS_COMMIT }};
     {%- endif %}
     {%- if SALT_MODELS_SYSTEM_COMMIT != '' %}
-    pushd classes/system/ && \
-    git checkout {{ SALT_MODELS_SYSTEM_COMMIT }} && \
-    popd && \
+    pushd classes/system/;
+    git checkout {{ SALT_MODELS_SYSTEM_COMMIT }};
+    popd;
     {%- elif SALT_MODELS_SYSTEM_REF_CHANGE != '' %}
     pushd classes/system/ && \
     {%- for item in SALT_MODELS_SYSTEM_REF_CHANGE.split(" ") %}
-    git fetch {{ SALT_MODELS_SYSTEM_REPOSITORY }} {{ item }} && git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD && \
+    git fetch {{ SALT_MODELS_SYSTEM_REPOSITORY }} {{ item }} && git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD;
     {%- endfor %}
-    popd && \
+    popd;
     {%- else %}
-    git submodule update --init --recursive && \
+    git submodule update --init --recursive;
     {%- endif %}
     popd;
     mkdir -p /srv/salt/reclass/classes/service;