diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
index 07f7564727..c33628ac04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql-analysis.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,9 @@ jobs:
       shell: bash
       working-directory: build
       run: |
-        cmake -C ../cmake/presets/most.cmake ../cmake
+        cmake -C ../cmake/presets/most.cmake \
+              -D DOWNLOAD_POTENTIALS=off \
+              ../cmake
         cmake --build . --parallel 2
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
diff --git a/.github/workflows/compile-msvc.yml b/.github/workflows/compile-msvc.yml
index 5080466728..e904cf7c8f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compile-msvc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compile-msvc.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ jobs:
         nuget install MSMPIsdk
         nuget install MSMPIDIST
         cmake -C cmake/presets/windows.cmake \
+              -D DOWNLOAD_POTENTIALS=off \
               -D PKG_PYTHON=on \
               -D WITH_PNG=off \
               -D WITH_JPEG=off \
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittest-macos.yml b/.github/workflows/unittest-macos.yml
index 2d29eac83e..ea979ca94f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unittest-macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unittest-macos.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ jobs:
         python3 -m pip install pyyaml
         cmake -C ../cmake/presets/clang.cmake \
               -C ../cmake/presets/most.cmake \
+              -D DOWNLOAD_POTENTIALS=off \
               -D CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache \
               -D CMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache \
               -D ENABLE_TESTING=on \