diff --git a/ci/build.sh b/ci/build.sh
index 4776c92bc7..61e2772b69 100644
--- a/ci/build.sh
+++ b/ci/build.sh
@@ -21,10 +21,7 @@ GIT_ROOT="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
 # $MESON_ARGS correspond to meson's setup args, i.e. configure args. It's
 # populated from a GitLab's job configuration
 
-meson setup build --werror -Dsystem=true $MESON_OPTS $MESON_ARGS || \
-(cat build/meson-logs/meson-log.txt && exit 1)
-
-ninja -C build $NINJA_ARGS
+MESON_ARGS="$MESON_ARGS $MESON_OPTS"
 
 run_cmd() {
     printf "\e[32m[RUN COMMAND]: '%s'\e[0m\n" "$*"