diff --git a/.github/workflows/eval.yml b/.github/workflows/eval.yml
index 1432aec3b0d1..0f5a3e90eea9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/eval.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/eval.yml
@@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ jobs:
           path: merged
           merge-multiple: true
 
-      - name: Check out the PR at the test merge commit
+      - name: Check out the PR at the target commit
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
         with:
-          ref: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.mergedSha }}
-          path: untrusted
+          ref: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.targetSha }}
+          path: trusted
 
       - name: Install Nix
         uses: cachix/install-nix-action@526118121621777ccd86f79b04685a9319637641 # v31
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Combine all output paths and eval stats
         run: |
-          nix-build untrusted/ci -A eval.combine \
+          nix-build trusted/ci -A eval.combine \
             --arg evalDir ./merged \
             --out-link combined
 
@@ -168,9 +168,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           AUTHOR_ID: ${{ github.event.pull_request.user.id }}
         run: |
-          git -C untrusted fetch --depth 1 origin ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.targetSha }}
-          git -C untrusted worktree add ../trusted ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.targetSha }}
-          git -C untrusted diff --name-only ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.targetSha }} \
+          git -C trusted fetch --depth 1 origin ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.mergedSha }}
+          git -C trusted diff --name-only ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.mergedSha }} \
             | jq --raw-input --slurp 'split("\n")[:-1]' > touched-files.json
 
           # Use the target branch to get accurate maintainer info