diff --git a/.github/workflows/http3-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/http3-linux.yml
index 2799df4152..3a3fd2128d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/http3-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/http3-linux.yml
@@ -460,36 +460,50 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ matrix.build.configure }}
         run: autoreconf -fi
 
-      - name: 'configure (+ non-unity build)'
+      - name: 'configure non-unity'
         env:
           MATRIX_CONFIGURE: '${{ matrix.build.configure }}'
           MATRIX_GENERATE: '${{ matrix.build.generate }}'
           MATRIX_PKG_CONFIG_PATH: '${{ matrix.build.PKG_CONFIG_PATH }}'
         run: |
-          for unity in 0 1; do
-            rm -rf bld
-            options=''
-            [ -n "${MATRIX_PKG_CONFIG_PATH}" ] && export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${MATRIX_PKG_CONFIG_PATH}"
-            if [ "${MATRIX_BUILD}" = 'cmake' ]; then
-              [ "${unity}" = 1 ] && options+=' -DCMAKE_UNITY_BUILD=ON'
-              cmake -B bld -G Ninja \
-                -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_TARGET="$(uname -m)-pc-linux-gnu" -DBUILD_STATIC_LIBS=ON \
-                 -DCURL_WERROR=ON \
-                ${MATRIX_GENERATE} ${options}
-              if [ "${unity}" = 0 ]; then
-                cmake --build bld --verbose
-              fi
-            else
-              [ "${unity}" = 1 ] && options+=' --enable-unity'
-              mkdir bld && cd bld && ../configure --enable-warnings --enable-werror \
-                --disable-dependency-tracking \
-                ${MATRIX_CONFIGURE} ${options}
-              cd ..
-              if [ "${unity}" = 0 ]; then
-                make -C bld V=1
-              fi
-            fi
-          done
+          [ -n "${MATRIX_PKG_CONFIG_PATH}" ] && export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${MATRIX_PKG_CONFIG_PATH}"
+          if [ "${MATRIX_BUILD}" = 'cmake' ]; then
+            cmake -B bld -G Ninja \
+              -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_TARGET="$(uname -m)-pc-linux-gnu" -DBUILD_STATIC_LIBS=ON \
+              -DCURL_WERROR=ON \
+              ${MATRIX_GENERATE}
+          else
+            mkdir bld && cd bld && ../configure --enable-warnings --enable-werror \
+              --disable-dependency-tracking \
+              ${MATRIX_CONFIGURE}
+          fi
+
+      - name: 'build non-unity'
+        run: |
+          if [ "${MATRIX_BUILD}" = 'cmake' ]; then
+            cmake --build bld --verbose
+          else
+            make -C bld V=1
+          fi
+          rm -rf bld
+
+      - name: 'configure'
+        env:
+          MATRIX_CONFIGURE: '${{ matrix.build.configure }}'
+          MATRIX_GENERATE: '${{ matrix.build.generate }}'
+          MATRIX_PKG_CONFIG_PATH: '${{ matrix.build.PKG_CONFIG_PATH }}'
+        run: |
+          [ -n "${MATRIX_PKG_CONFIG_PATH}" ] && export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${MATRIX_PKG_CONFIG_PATH}"
+          if [ "${MATRIX_BUILD}" = 'cmake' ]; then
+            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 \
+              ${MATRIX_GENERATE}
+          else
+            mkdir bld && cd bld && ../configure --enable-unity --enable-warnings --enable-werror \
+              --disable-dependency-tracking \
+              ${MATRIX_CONFIGURE}
+          fi
 
       - name: 'configure log'
         if: ${{ !cancelled() }}