diff --git a/.gitlab/scripts/linux-aarch64.sh b/.gitlab/scripts/linux-aarch64.sh
index 9cfc7efcc9..4c2f941865 100755
--- a/.gitlab/scripts/linux-aarch64.sh
+++ b/.gitlab/scripts/linux-aarch64.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 export VELOREN_USERDATA_STRATEGY=executable
-time PKG_CONFIG=/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-pkg-config cargo build --release --no-default-features --features default-publish --release --target aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
+PKG_CONFIG="/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-pkg-config" time cargo build --target=aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu --release --no-default-features --features default-publish
 # evaluate --bin instead, last time i checked (2021-07-14) it was 2 minutes slower on release (but faster on debug)