diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-builder/action.yaml b/.github/actions/setup-builder/action.yaml
index 5c7ecd3e1edb..22d2f2187dd0 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-builder/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-builder/action.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ runs:
       run: |
         RETRY=("ci/scripts/retry" timeout 120)
         "${RETRY[@]}" apt-get update
-        "${RETRY[@]}" apt-get install -y protobuf-compiler cmake
+        "${RETRY[@]}" apt-get install -y protobuf-compiler
     - name: Setup Rust toolchain
       shell: bash
       # rustfmt is needed for the substrait build script