diff --git a/.github/workflows/http3-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/http3-linux.yml
index 8f393416e4..2e81fc0e1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/http3-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/http3-linux.yml
@@ -297,8 +297,6 @@ jobs:
             PKG_CONFIG_PATH: /home/runner/wolfssl/build/lib/pkgconfig:/home/runner/nghttp3/build/lib/pkgconfig:/home/runner/ngtcp2/build/lib/pkgconfig:/home/runner/nghttp2/build/lib/pkgconfig
             generate: >-
               -DCURL_USE_WOLFSSL=ON -DUSE_NGTCP2=ON -DENABLE_DEBUG=ON
-              -DTEST_NGHTTPX=/home/runner/nghttp2/build/bin/nghttpx
-              -DHTTPD_NGHTTPX=/home/runner/nghttp2/build/bin/nghttpx
               -DUSE_ECH=ON
               -DCURL_USE_LIBUV=ON
 
@@ -326,8 +324,6 @@ jobs:
             generate: >-
               -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/home/runner/quiche/quiche/deps/boringssl/src -DENABLE_DEBUG=ON
               -DUSE_QUICHE=ON
-              -DTEST_NGHTTPX=/home/runner/nghttp2/build/bin/nghttpx
-              -DHTTPD_NGHTTPX=/home/runner/nghttp2/build/bin/nghttpx
               -DCURL_CA_FALLBACK=ON
               -DCURL_USE_LIBUV=ON
 
@@ -471,6 +467,8 @@ jobs:
             cmake -B bld -G Ninja \
               -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_TARGET="$(uname -m)-pc-linux-gnu" -DBUILD_STATIC_LIBS=ON \
               -DCMAKE_UNITY_BUILD=ON -DCURL_WERROR=ON \
+              -DTEST_NGHTTPX=/home/runner/nghttp2/build/bin/nghttpx \
+              -DHTTPD_NGHTTPX=/home/runner/nghttp2/build/bin/nghttpx \
               ${MATRIX_GENERATE}
           else
             mkdir bld && cd bld && ../configure --enable-unity --enable-warnings --enable-werror \