diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 0285c073..7d8cd082 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ jobs:
         uname -a; gcc --version | grep "gcc"; python3 --version; qmake-qt5 --version
         echo ============================
         export PYTHON_VERSION_SHORT=`python3 --version | cut -d " " -f 2 | cut -d "." -f1,2`
-        qmake-qt5 -r PythonQt.pro CONFIG+=${{ matrix.configuration }} \
+        qmake-qt5 -r PythonQt.pro CONFIG+=release \
         CONFIG+=tests CONFIG+=generator \
           "PYTHON_VERSION=${PYTHON_VERSION_SHORT}" PYTHON_DIR="/usr"
         make -j $(nproc) && \