diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8e9b3c1dcb..c6fd4bd092 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@ jobs:
                             LLVM_DISTRO_NAME=ubuntu-18.04
                             OPENIMAGEIO_CMAKE_FLAGS="-DBUILD_FMT_VERSION=10.1.0"
                             PUGIXML_VERSION=v1.13
-                            xINSTALL_DEP_PACKAGES=NO
-                            xEXTRA_DEP_PACKAGES="git cmake"
+                            INSTALL_DEP_PACKAGES=NO
+                            EXTRA_DEP_PACKAGES=""
 
 
           # - desc: Debug gcc7/C++14 llvm9 py2.7 oiio2.3 exr2.4 sse4 boost1.65 exr2.4
diff --git a/src/build-scripts/gh-installdeps.bash b/src/build-scripts/gh-installdeps.bash
index e5424095ee..3e8cc12e6a 100755
--- a/src/build-scripts/gh-installdeps.bash
+++ b/src/build-scripts/gh-installdeps.bash
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ else
     # sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
     time sudo apt-get update
 
-    export DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
     echo 'debconf debconf/frontend select Noninteractive' | debconf-set-selections
     if [[ "$INSTALL_DEP_PACKAGES" != "NO" ]] ; then
         time sudo apt-get -q install -y \