diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index 3cc4907f9ed..33eced1e760 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -356,6 +356,12 @@ jobs:
                     libnghttp2-dev libjansson-dev libpcre2-dev gdb
                     perl-doc libsasl2-dev ${{ matrix.pkgs }} check
     - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+      with:
+        repository: apache/httpd-tests
+        path: test/perl-framework
+        submodules: true
+      if: ${{ ! ( env.SKIP_TESTING || env.NO_TEST_FRAMEWORK ) }}
     - name: Cache installed libraries
       uses: actions/cache@v5
       with:
diff --git a/test/travis_before_linux.sh b/test/travis_before_linux.sh
index e85590b99b9..93ad70b0fba 100755
--- a/test/travis_before_linux.sh
+++ b/test/travis_before_linux.sh
@@ -148,16 +148,6 @@ if ! test -v SKIP_TESTING -o -v NO_TEST_FRAMEWORK; then
 
     # Cache the perl -V output for future verification.
     mv perlver ~/perl5/.perlver
-
-    # Make a shallow clone of httpd-tests git repo.
-    git clone -q --depth=1 https://github.com/apache/httpd-tests.git test/perl-framework
-
-    # For OpenSSL 3.2+ testing, Apache::Test r1916067 is required, so
-    # use a checkout of trunk until there is an updated CPAN release
-    # with that revision.
-    if test -v TEST_OPENSSL3; then
-       run_svn_export https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/perl/Apache-Test/trunk HEAD test/perl-framework/Apache-Test 5
-    fi
 fi
 
 # For LDAP testing, run slapd listening on port 8389 and populate the