diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.linux.compiler.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.linux.compiler.yml
index 480d8b6a..7c5a5895 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.linux.compiler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.linux.compiler.yml
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ jobs:
                          -D PHOTON_ENABLE_FUSE=ON         \
                          -D PHOTON_ENABLE_URING=ON        \
                          -D PHOTON_ENABLE_EXTFS=ON        \
-                         -D PHOTON_BUILD_DEPENDENCIES=ON  \
-                         -D PHOTON_AIO_SOURCE=""          \
-                         -D PHOTON_ZLIB_SOURCE=""         \
-                         -D PHOTON_CURL_SOURCE=""         \
-                         -D PHOTON_OPENSSL_SOURCE=""      \
-                         -D PHOTON_GFLAGS_SOURCE=""       \
-                         -D PHOTON_GOOGLETEST_SOURCE=""   \
-                         -D PHOTON_URING_SOURCE=https://github.com/axboe/liburing/archive/refs/tags/liburing-2.3.tar.gz
+                        #  -D PHOTON_BUILD_DEPENDENCIES=ON  \
+                        #  -D PHOTON_AIO_SOURCE=""          \
+                        #  -D PHOTON_ZLIB_SOURCE=""         \
+                        #  -D PHOTON_CURL_SOURCE=""         \
+                        #  -D PHOTON_OPENSSL_SOURCE=""      \
+                        #  -D PHOTON_GFLAGS_SOURCE=""       \
+                        #  -D PHOTON_GOOGLETEST_SOURCE=""   \
+                        #  -D PHOTON_URING_SOURCE=https://github.com/axboe/liburing/archive/refs/tags/liburing-2.3.tar.gz
 
           cmake --build build -j $(nproc) --clean-first -- VERBOSE=1
           ln -f common/checksum/test/checksum.in build/output/
diff --git a/io/test/test-iouring.cpp b/io/test/test-iouring.cpp
index 464bb088..f1a6fd11 100644
--- a/io/test/test-iouring.cpp
+++ b/io/test/test-iouring.cpp
@@ -342,7 +342,8 @@ TEST(perf, DISABLED_read) {
 class event_engine : public testing::Test {
 protected:
     void SetUp() override {
-        GTEST_ASSERT_EQ(0, photon::init(ci_ev_engine, photon::INIT_IO_NONE));
+        auto eng = photon::INIT_EVENT_DEFAULT - photon::INIT_EVENT_EPOLL;
+        GTEST_ASSERT_EQ(0, photon::init(eng, photon::INIT_IO_NONE));
 #ifdef PHOTON_URING
         engine = (ci_ev_engine == photon::INIT_EVENT_EPOLL) ? photon::new_epoll_cascading_engine()
                                                           : photon::new_iouring_cascading_engine();