diff --git a/tools/ci/executable-list.txt b/tools/ci/executable-list.txt
index ea430e4f20..fa86287cca 100644
--- a/tools/ci/executable-list.txt
+++ b/tools/ci/executable-list.txt
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ tools/ci/check_idf_version.sh
 tools/ci/check_ut_cmake_make.sh
 tools/ci/checkout_project_ref.py
 tools/ci/envsubst.py
+tools/ci/get-full-sources.sh
 tools/ci/mirror-submodule-update.sh
 tools/ci/multirun_with_pyenv.sh
 tools/ci/push_to_github.sh
diff --git a/tools/ci/get-full-sources.sh b/tools/ci/get-full-sources.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..18b0cd160a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ci/get-full-sources.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Now git submodules are redirected to mirror automatically according to relative URLs in .gitmodules
+
+echo "WARNING: This script is deprecated. Use standard ways to obtain git submodules"
+git submodule update --init
diff --git a/tools/ci/mirror-submodule-update.sh b/tools/ci/mirror-submodule-update.sh
index f679492888..18b0cd160a 100755
--- a/tools/ci/mirror-submodule-update.sh
+++ b/tools/ci/mirror-submodule-update.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 
 # Now git submodules are redirected to mirror automatically according to relative URLs in .gitmodules
 
-echo "WARNING: Deprecated. This script is no longer required."
+echo "WARNING: This script is deprecated. Use standard ways to obtain git submodules"
+git submodule update --init