diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 7d8f042f..a41f027f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
+      - name: Clean Out
+        run: |
+          .github/workflows/dependencies/ubuntu_free_disk_space.sh
+
       - name: Install Packages (C++)
         if: ${{ matrix.language == 'cpp' }}
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependencies/ubuntu_free_disk_space.sh b/.github/workflows/dependencies/ubuntu_free_disk_space.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..6b3e5b2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependencies/ubuntu_free_disk_space.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Copyright 2023 The AMReX Community
+#
+# License: BSD-3-Clause-LBNL
+
+# Don't want to use the following line because apt-get remove may fail if
+# the package specfied does not exist.
+# set -eu -o pipefail
+
+# Large packages
+dpkg-query -Wf '${Installed-Size}\t${Package}\n' | sort -n | tail -n 100
+
+echo 'Removing some packages we do not need'
+
+df -h
+
+apt list --installed
+
+sudo apt-get remove -y '^apache.*'
+sudo apt-get remove -y '^aspnetcore.*'
+sudo apt-get remove -y '^azure.*'
+sudo apt-get remove -y '^dotnet.*'
+sudo apt-get remove -y '^firebird.*'
+sudo apt-get remove -y '^firefox.*'
+sudo apt-get remove -y '^google.*'
+sudo apt-get remove -y '^hhvm.*'
+sudo apt-get remove -y '^microsoft.*'
+sudo apt-get remove -y '^mongodb.*'
+sudo apt-get remove -y '^mono-.*'
+sudo apt-get remove -y '^monodoc-.*'
+sudo apt-get remove -y '^mysql.*'
+sudo apt-get remove -y '^php.*'
+sudo apt-get remove -y '^powershell.*'
+sudo apt-get remove -y '^snapd.*'
+sudo apt-get remove -y '^temurin.*'
+
+sudo apt-get autoremove -y
+
+df -h