diff --git a/lib/bundler/runtime.rb b/lib/bundler/runtime.rb
index 6df5981cd5..9792a81962 100644
--- a/lib/bundler/runtime.rb
+++ b/lib/bundler/runtime.rb
@@ -139,10 +139,6 @@ module Bundler
         spec.source.cache(spec, custom_path) if spec.source.respond_to?(:cache)
       end
 
-      Dir[cache_path.join("*/.git")].each do |git_dir|
-        FileUtils.touch(File.expand_path("../.bundlecache", git_dir))
-      end
-
       prune_cache(cache_path) unless Bundler.settings[:no_prune]
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/bundler/source/git.rb b/lib/bundler/source/git.rb
index 8ee3f6600e..3f69ea1e65 100644
--- a/lib/bundler/source/git.rb
+++ b/lib/bundler/source/git.rb
@@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ module Bundler
         cached!
         FileUtils.rm_rf(app_cache_path)
         git_proxy.checkout if requires_checkout?
-        git_proxy.copy_to(app_cache_path, @submodules)
+        FileUtils.cp_r("#{cache_path}/.", app_cache_path)
+        FileUtils.touch(app_cache_path.join(".bundlecache"))
       end
 
       def load_spec_files
diff --git a/spec/bundler/cache/git_spec.rb b/spec/bundler/cache/git_spec.rb
index 13ed6a6f39..8d7e449e30 100644
--- a/spec/bundler/cache/git_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/bundler/cache/git_spec.rb
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ RSpec.describe "bundle cache with git" do
     bundle "config set cache_all true"
     bundle :cache
     expect(bundled_app("vendor/cache/foo-1.0-#{ref}")).to exist
+    expect(bundled_app("vendor/cache/foo-1.0-#{ref}/.git")).not_to exist
     expect(bundled_app("vendor/cache/foo-1.0-#{ref}/.bundlecache")).to be_file
 
     FileUtils.rm_rf lib_path("foo-1.0")
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ RSpec.describe "bundle cache with git" do
     bundle :cache
 
     expect(bundled_app("vendor/cache/foo-1.0-#{ref}")).to exist
+    expect(bundled_app("vendor/cache/foo-1.0-#{ref}/.git")).not_to exist
 
     FileUtils.rm_rf lib_path("foo-1.0")
     expect(the_bundle).to include_gems "foo 1.0"
@@ -209,7 +211,7 @@ RSpec.describe "bundle cache with git" do
     expect(the_bundle).to include_gem "foo 1.0"
   end
 
-  it "copies repository to vendor cache, including submodules" do
+  it "copies repository to vendor cache" do
     # CVE-2022-39253: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/xmqq4jw1uku5.fsf@gitster.g/
     system(*%W[git config --global protocol.file.allow always])
 
@@ -234,7 +236,6 @@ RSpec.describe "bundle cache with git" do
     bundle :cache
 
     expect(bundled_app("vendor/cache/has_submodule-1.0-#{ref}")).to exist
-    expect(bundled_app("vendor/cache/has_submodule-1.0-#{ref}/submodule-1.0")).to exist
     expect(the_bundle).to include_gems "has_submodule 1.0"
   end