diff --git a/lib/spack/spack/ci.py b/lib/spack/spack/ci.py
index 5ddb7390e88..e7606135c37 100644
--- a/lib/spack/spack/ci.py
+++ b/lib/spack/spack/ci.py
@@ -1570,7 +1570,7 @@ def setup_spack_repro_version(repro_dir, checkout_commit, merge_commit=None):
 
     # Next attempt to clone your local spack repo into the repro dir
     with fs.working_dir(repro_dir):
-        clone_out = git("clone", spack_git_path,
+        clone_out = git("clone", spack_git_path, "spack",
                         output=str, error=os.devnull,
                         fail_on_error=False)