diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 535839ce08a31..db46b42bf2d25 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ binary_run_in_docker: &binary_run_in_docker
   command: |
     # This step only runs on circleci linux machine executors that themselves
     # need to start docker images
-    script="/home/circleci/project/pytorch/.circleci/scripts/binary_install_miniconda.sh"
+    script="/home/circleci/project/pytorch/.circleci/scripts/binary_run_in_docker.sh"
     cat "$script"
     source "$script"
 # binary linux build defaults
@@ -830,6 +830,11 @@ smoke_linux_test: &smoke_linux_test
       <<: *setup_linux_system_environment
   - run:
       <<: *setup_ci_environment
+  # This checkout is only needed to access
+  # .circleci/scripts/binary_populate_env.sh, which can't be inlined because
+  # it blows up the yaml size.
+  - run:
+      <<: *binary_checkout
   - run:
       <<: *binary_populate_env
   - run:
@@ -840,7 +845,6 @@ smoke_linux_test: &smoke_linux_test
         cat >/home/circleci/project/ci_test_script.sh <<EOL
         # The following code will be executed inside Docker container
         set -ex
-        git clone https://github.com/pytorch/builder.git /builder
         /builder/smoke_test.sh
         # The above code will be executed inside Docker container
         EOL
@@ -851,6 +855,11 @@ smoke_mac_test: &smoke_mac_test
   macos:
     xcode: "9.0"
   steps:
+    # This checkout is only needed to access
+    # .circleci/scripts/binary_populate_env.sh, which can't be inlined because
+    # it blows up the yaml size.
+    - run:
+        <<: *binary_checkout
     - run:
         <<: *binary_populate_env
     - run:
@@ -861,8 +870,7 @@ smoke_mac_test: &smoke_mac_test
         command: |
           set -ex
           source "/Users/distiller/project/env"
-          git clone https://github.com/pytorch/builder.git
-          unbuffer ./builder/smoke_test.sh | ts
+          unbuffer "$BUILDER_ROOT/smoke_test.sh" | ts
 
 
 
diff --git a/.circleci/scripts/binary_run_in_docker.sh b/.circleci/scripts/binary_run_in_docker.sh
index b5d9908076605..195444e0c02df 100755
--- a/.circleci/scripts/binary_run_in_docker.sh
+++ b/.circleci/scripts/binary_run_in_docker.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ if [[ -d "$PYTORCH_ROOT" ]]; then
   docker cp "$PYTORCH_ROOT" "$id:/pytorch"
 fi
 if [[ -d "$BUILDER_ROOT" ]]; then
-  docker cp "$BUILDER ROOT" "$id:/builder"
+  docker cp "$BUILDER_ROOT" "$id:/builder"
 fi
 
 # Execute the test script that was populated by an earlier section
diff --git a/.circleci/verbatim-sources/nightly-binary-build-defaults.yml b/.circleci/verbatim-sources/nightly-binary-build-defaults.yml
index 615123091134a..3392a34cee3a0 100644
--- a/.circleci/verbatim-sources/nightly-binary-build-defaults.yml
+++ b/.circleci/verbatim-sources/nightly-binary-build-defaults.yml
@@ -90,6 +90,6 @@ binary_run_in_docker: &binary_run_in_docker
   command: |
     # This step only runs on circleci linux machine executors that themselves
     # need to start docker images
-    script="/home/circleci/project/pytorch/.circleci/scripts/binary_install_miniconda.sh"
+    script="/home/circleci/project/pytorch/.circleci/scripts/binary_run_in_docker.sh"
     cat "$script"
     source "$script"
diff --git a/.circleci/verbatim-sources/nightly-build-smoke-tests-defaults.yml b/.circleci/verbatim-sources/nightly-build-smoke-tests-defaults.yml
index f6fa4d9f01d78..48c7a5d23b66e 100644
--- a/.circleci/verbatim-sources/nightly-build-smoke-tests-defaults.yml
+++ b/.circleci/verbatim-sources/nightly-build-smoke-tests-defaults.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@ smoke_linux_test: &smoke_linux_test
       <<: *setup_linux_system_environment
   - run:
       <<: *setup_ci_environment
+  # This checkout is only needed to access
+  # .circleci/scripts/binary_populate_env.sh, which can't be inlined because
+  # it blows up the yaml size.
+  - run:
+      <<: *binary_checkout
   - run:
       <<: *binary_populate_env
   - run:
@@ -21,7 +26,6 @@ smoke_linux_test: &smoke_linux_test
         cat >/home/circleci/project/ci_test_script.sh <<EOL
         # The following code will be executed inside Docker container
         set -ex
-        git clone https://github.com/pytorch/builder.git /builder
         /builder/smoke_test.sh
         # The above code will be executed inside Docker container
         EOL
@@ -32,6 +36,11 @@ smoke_mac_test: &smoke_mac_test
   macos:
     xcode: "9.0"
   steps:
+    # This checkout is only needed to access
+    # .circleci/scripts/binary_populate_env.sh, which can't be inlined because
+    # it blows up the yaml size.
+    - run:
+        <<: *binary_checkout
     - run:
         <<: *binary_populate_env
     - run:
@@ -42,8 +51,7 @@ smoke_mac_test: &smoke_mac_test
         command: |
           set -ex
           source "/Users/distiller/project/env"
-          git clone https://github.com/pytorch/builder.git
-          unbuffer ./builder/smoke_test.sh | ts
+          unbuffer "$BUILDER_ROOT/smoke_test.sh" | ts