diff --git a/.github/workflows/autotools.yml b/.github/workflows/autotools.yml
index 8d6947a00b6..1d779b9ad3c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/autotools.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/autotools.yml
@@ -25,14 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         sudo apt-get install netcdf-bin libnetcdf-dev doxygen graphviz wget gfortran libjpeg-dev libz-dev openmpi-bin libopenmpi-dev 
 
-    - name: Cache pnetcdf
-      id: cache-pnetcdf
-      uses: actions/cache@v2
-      with:
-        path: pnetcdf
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-pnetcdf-1.11.0
     - name: pnetcdf build
-      if: steps.cache-pnetcdf.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
       run: |
         wget https://parallel-netcdf.github.io/Release/pnetcdf-1.11.0.tar.gz 
         tar -xzvf pnetcdf-1.11.0.tar.gz