diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_applications.yml b/.github/workflows/build_applications.yml
index 3e003523..ba2ae892 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_applications.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_applications.yml
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ jobs:
             run: |
                   apt-get update -qq &&
                   apt-get install -y build-essential g++ glslang-tools \
-                    python3 python3-pip libglfw3-dev libvulkan-dev locales wget
-                  python3 -m pip install --upgrade pip
-                  python3 -m pip install cmake
+                    python3 python3-pip libglfw3-dev libvulkan-dev locales wget cmake
           - name: Install ROCm Dev
             run: |
                   export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
@@ -43,13 +41,10 @@ jobs:
                     rocrand-dev hiprand-dev \
                     rocprim-dev hipcub-dev
                   rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-                  echo "/opt/rocm/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
-                  echo "ROCM_PATH=/opt/rocm" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-                  echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/rocm/lib:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
                   apt-get autoclean
           - name: Configure and Build
             shell: bash
             run: |
               cd Applications && mkdir build && cd build
               cmake -DGPU_ARCHITECTURES=all -S ..
-              cmake --build . -j 4
+              cmake --build . -j $(nproc)