remove projects dir before running precheck
diff --git a/.github/workflows/gds.yaml b/.github/workflows/gds.yaml
index 02fc82b..68ae415 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gds.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gds.yaml
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@
     - name: user project wrapper GDS
       run: make user_project_wrapper
 
+    # remove projects so that the precheck doesn't fail on 'non-inclusive words'
+    - name: remove projects
+      run: rm -rf projects
+
     - name: precheck
       run: make run-precheck