diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml
index ba6f551752..333eea9dd3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/buildtest.yml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ crash-test-debian:
     IMAGE: debian-amd64
   script:
     - cd build
-    - make check-venv
+    - make NINJA=":" check-venv
     - tests/venv/bin/python3 scripts/device-crash-test -q ./qemu-system-i386
 
 build-system-fedora:
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ crash-test-fedora:
     IMAGE: fedora
   script:
     - cd build
-    - make check-venv
+    - make NINJA=":" check-venv
     - tests/venv/bin/python3 scripts/device-crash-test -q ./qemu-system-ppc
     - tests/venv/bin/python3 scripts/device-crash-test -q ./qemu-system-riscv32