diff --git a/.github/workflows/http3-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/http3-linux.yml
index 027ef9b7da..a19710d33c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/http3-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/http3-linux.yml
@@ -262,14 +262,13 @@ jobs:
               LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath,/home/runner/openssl/build/lib
               --with-ngtcp2 --disable-ntlm
               --with-openssl=/home/runner/openssl/build --enable-ssls-export
-              --with-libuv
 
           - name: 'openssl'
             PKG_CONFIG_PATH: /home/runner/openssl/build/lib/pkgconfig:/home/runner/nghttp3/build/lib/pkgconfig:/home/runner/ngtcp2/build/lib/pkgconfig:/home/runner/nghttp2/build/lib/pkgconfig
             generate: >-
               -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/home/runner/openssl/build
               -DUSE_NGTCP2=ON -DCURL_DISABLE_NTLM=ON
-              -DCURL_USE_LIBUV=ON -DCMAKE_UNITY_BUILD=ON
+              -DCMAKE_UNITY_BUILD=ON
 
           - name: 'quictls'
             PKG_CONFIG_PATH: /home/runner/quictls/build/lib/pkgconfig:/home/runner/nghttp3/build/lib/pkgconfig:/home/runner/ngtcp2/build/lib/pkgconfig:/home/runner/nghttp2/build/lib/pkgconfig
@@ -277,14 +276,13 @@ jobs:
               LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath,/home/runner/quictls/build/lib
               --with-ngtcp2 --disable-ntlm
               --with-openssl=/home/runner/quictls/build --enable-ssls-export
-              --with-libuv --enable-unity
+              --enable-unity
 
           - name: 'quictls'
             PKG_CONFIG_PATH: /home/runner/quictls/build/lib/pkgconfig:/home/runner/nghttp3/build/lib/pkgconfig:/home/runner/ngtcp2/build/lib/pkgconfig:/home/runner/nghttp2/build/lib/pkgconfig
             generate: >-
               -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/home/runner/quictls/build
               -DUSE_NGTCP2=ON -DCURL_DISABLE_NTLM=ON
-              -DCURL_USE_LIBUV=ON
 
           - name: 'gnutls'
             PKG_CONFIG_PATH: /home/runner/gnutls/build/lib/pkgconfig:/home/runner/nghttp3/build/lib/pkgconfig:/home/runner/ngtcp2/build/lib/pkgconfig:/home/runner/nghttp2/build/lib/pkgconfig
@@ -292,14 +290,13 @@ jobs:
               LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath,/home/runner/gnutls/build/lib
               --with-ngtcp2
               --with-gnutls=/home/runner/gnutls/build --enable-ssls-export
-              --with-libuv
 
           - name: 'gnutls'
             PKG_CONFIG_PATH: /home/runner/gnutls/build/lib/pkgconfig:/home/runner/nghttp3/build/lib/pkgconfig:/home/runner/ngtcp2/build/lib/pkgconfig:/home/runner/nghttp2/build/lib/pkgconfig
             generate: >-
               -DCURL_USE_GNUTLS=ON
               -DUSE_NGTCP2=ON -DCURL_DISABLE_NTLM=ON
-              -DCURL_USE_LIBUV=ON -DCMAKE_UNITY_BUILD=ON
+              -DCMAKE_UNITY_BUILD=ON
 
           - name: 'wolfssl'
             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
@@ -308,14 +305,13 @@ jobs:
               --with-ngtcp2
               --with-wolfssl=/home/runner/wolfssl/build
               --enable-ech --enable-ssls-export
-              --with-libuv --enable-unity
+              --enable-unity
 
           - name: 'wolfssl'
             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
               -DUSE_ECH=ON
-              -DCURL_USE_LIBUV=ON
 
           - name: 'openssl-quic'
             PKG_CONFIG_PATH: /home/runner/openssl/build/lib/pkgconfig:/home/runner/nghttp3/build/lib/pkgconfig:/home/runner/nghttp2/build/lib/pkgconfig
@@ -323,14 +319,13 @@ jobs:
               LDFLAGS=-Wl,-rpath,/home/runner/openssl/build/lib
               --disable-ntlm
               --with-openssl=/home/runner/openssl/build --with-openssl-quic
-              --with-libuv
 
           - name: 'openssl-quic'
             PKG_CONFIG_PATH: /home/runner/openssl/build/lib/pkgconfig:/home/runner/nghttp3/build/lib/pkgconfig:/home/runner/nghttp2/build/lib/pkgconfig
             generate: >-
               -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/home/runner/openssl/build -DUSE_OPENSSL_QUIC=ON
               -DCURL_DISABLE_NTLM=ON
-              -DCURL_USE_LIBUV=ON -DCMAKE_UNITY_BUILD=ON
+              -DCMAKE_UNITY_BUILD=ON
 
           - name: 'quiche'
             configure: >-
@@ -338,7 +333,7 @@ jobs:
               --with-openssl=/home/runner/quiche/quiche/deps/boringssl/src
               --with-quiche=/home/runner/quiche/target/release
               --with-ca-fallback
-              --with-libuv --enable-unity
+              --enable-unity
 
           - name: 'quiche'
             PKG_CONFIG_PATH: /home/runner/quiche/target/release
@@ -346,7 +341,6 @@ jobs:
               -DOPENSSL_ROOT_DIR=/home/runner/quiche/quiche/deps/boringssl/src
               -DUSE_QUICHE=ON
               -DCURL_CA_FALLBACK=ON
-              -DCURL_USE_LIBUV=ON
 
     steps:
       - name: 'install prereqs'
@@ -488,11 +482,13 @@ jobs:
             cmake -B bld -G Ninja \
               -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_TARGET="$(uname -m)-pc-linux-gnu" -DBUILD_STATIC_LIBS=ON \
               -DCURL_WERROR=ON -DENABLE_DEBUG=ON \
+              -DCURL_USE_LIBUV=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-warnings --enable-werror --enable-debug \
+              --with-libuv \
               --with-test-nghttpx=/home/runner/nghttp2/build/bin/nghttpx \
               --disable-dependency-tracking \
               ${MATRIX_CONFIGURE}