diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 403d8dccd..3319b54c0 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="/usr/local/opt/icu4c/lib/pkgconfig:/usr/local/opt/libffi/lib/pkgconfig" && ./autogen.sh --with-freetype --with-glib --with-gobject --with-cairo --with-icu --with-coretext --with-graphite2
       - run: make -j4
       - run: make check || .ci/fail.sh
-      - run: cmake -Bbuild -H. -DHB_HAVE_CORETEXT=1 && make -Cbuild
+      - run: cmake -Bbuild -H. -DHB_HAVE_CORETEXT=1 -DHB_BUILD_TESTS=0 && cmake --build build
 
   distcheck:
     docker: