diff --git a/.github/workflows/ubuntu_clean_meson_build.yml b/.github/workflows/ubuntu_clean_meson_build.yml
index 957c6c9eed..ab4c9f818f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ubuntu_clean_meson_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ubuntu_clean_meson_build.yml
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ jobs:
       run: sudo apt-get install -y python3-dev python3-numpy python3
     - name: install build systems
       run: sudo apt install meson ninja-build
-    - run: meson setup build/
-      env:
-        CC: gcc
     - run: |
         meson \
           --buildtype=plain \
@@ -49,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
           -Dcapi-ml-inference-actual=capi-ml-inference \
           -Denable-capi=enabled \
           ${{ matrix.meson_options }} \
-          build
-    - run: ninja -C build
+          build-${{matrix.meson_options}}-${{matrix.os}}
+    - run: ninja -C build-${{matrix.meson_options}}-${{matrix.os}}
     - name: run ninja test
-      run: cd ./build && ninja test
+      run: cd ./build-${{matrix.meson_options}}-${{matrix.os}} && ninja test