diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-src.yml b/.github/workflows/build-src.yml
index e4dba90f2a513c..f9c77a44bdc7b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-src.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-src.yml
@@ -23,13 +23,30 @@ on:
         description: "Paths associated with key needed for restoring build outputs"
         value: ${{ jobs.build-src.outputs.path }}
 
+env:
+  OUTPUTS_PATH: |
+    build-ci/dashcore-${{ inputs.build-target }}/*/*/*/*
+    !build-ci/dashcore-${{ inputs.build-target }}/src/*.a
+    !build-ci/dashcore-${{ inputs.build-target }}/src/*/*.a
+    !build-ci/dashcore-${{ inputs.build-target }}/src/*/*/*.a
+    !build-ci/dashcore-${{ inputs.build-target }}/src/*.o
+    !build-ci/dashcore-${{ inputs.build-target }}/src/*/*.o
+    !build-ci/dashcore-${{ inputs.build-target }}/src/*/*/*.o
+    !build-ci/dashcore-${{ inputs.build-target }}/src/bench/bench_dash
+    !build-ci/dashcore-${{ inputs.build-target }}/src/bench/bench_dash.exe
+    !build-ci/dashcore-${{ inputs.build-target }}/src/qt/test/test_dash-qt
+    !build-ci/dashcore-${{ inputs.build-target }}/src/qt/test/test_dash-qt.exe
+    !build-ci/dashcore-${{ inputs.build-target }}/src/test/test_dash
+    !build-ci/dashcore-${{ inputs.build-target }}/src/test/test_dash.exe
+    !build-ci/dashcore-${{ inputs.build-target }}/src/test/fuzz/fuzz
+
 jobs:
   build-src:
     name: Build source
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     outputs:
       key:  ${{ steps.build.outputs.OUTPUT_KEY }}
-      path:  ${{ steps.glob.outputs.paths }}
+      path:  ${{ env.OUTPUTS_PATH }}
     container:
       image: ${{ inputs.container-path }}
       options: --user root
@@ -97,26 +114,8 @@ jobs:
             /cache
           key: ${{ steps.ccache.outputs.cache-primary-key }}
 
-      - name: Prepare list of directories for caching
-        uses: tj-actions/glob@v22
-        id: glob
-        with:
-          separator: "\n"
-          files: |
-            build-ci
-          excluded-files: |
-            build-ci/dashcore-${{ inputs.build-target }}/src/**/*.a
-            build-ci/dashcore-${{ inputs.build-target }}/src/**/*.o
-            build-ci/dashcore-${{ inputs.build-target }}/src/bench/bench_dash
-            build-ci/dashcore-${{ inputs.build-target }}/src/bench/bench_dash.exe
-            build-ci/dashcore-${{ inputs.build-target }}/src/qt/test/test_dash-qt
-            build-ci/dashcore-${{ inputs.build-target }}/src/qt/test/test_dash-qt.exe
-            build-ci/dashcore-${{ inputs.build-target }}/src/test/test_dash
-            build-ci/dashcore-${{ inputs.build-target }}/src/test/test_dash.exe
-            build-ci/dashcore-${{ inputs.build-target }}/src/test/fuzz/*
-
       - name: Save build outputs
         uses: actions/cache/save@v4
         with:
-          path: ${{ steps.glob.outputs.paths }}
+          path: ${{ env.OUTPUTS_PATH }}
           key: ${{ steps.build.outputs.OUTPUT_KEY }}