diff --git a/.github/workflows/daos_tests.yml b/.github/workflows/daos_tests.yml
index c3ece50484..c1d708eea0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daos_tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daos_tests.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ on:
 permissions: {}
 
 env:
-  DAOS_BUILD: 1
+  DAOS_BUILD: 0
   DAOS_PATH: /opt/daos
 
 jobs: