diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual.yml b/.github/workflows/manual.yml
index 4b025f14c..7e13fb8f7 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/manual.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: run commands
         run: |
-          sudo apt install p7zip-full -y
-          7z x ./everything-repo.zip
+          python3 pyunzip.py ./everything-repo.zip
 
       - name: add & commit
         uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@main
diff --git a/pyunzip.py b/pyunzip.py
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..7d883106a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyunzip.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sys
+from zipfile import PyZipFile
+for zip_file in sys.argv[1:]:
+    pzf = PyZipFile(zip_file)
+    pzf.extractall()
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