diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-release.yaml
index 423bba3a2..79c8cf734 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-release.yaml
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@ jobs:
           goarch: ${{ matrix.goarch }}
           goversion: "1.20"
           project_path: ./cmd/flow
-          build_flags: GO111MODULE=on CGO_ENABLED=1 CGO_FLAGS="-O2 -D__BLST_PORTABLE__" CC=$(C_COMP)
+          build_flags: GO111MODULE=on CGO_ENABLED=1 CGO_FLAGS=\"-O2 -D__BLST_PORTABLE__\" CC=${C_COMP}
           ldflags: -X "github.com/onflow/flow-cli/build.commit=${{ env.COMMIT }}" -X "github.com/onflow/flow-cli/build.semver=${{ env.VERSION }}" -X "github.com/onflow/flow-cli/internal/command.mixpanelToken=${{ env.MIXPANEL_PROJECT_TOKEN }}" -X "github.com/onflow/flow-cli/internal/accounts.accountToken=${{ env.LILICO_TOKEN }}"
diff --git a/pre_build.sh b/pre_build.sh
index 94ba32f09..2dd4ee82a 100644
--- a/pre_build.sh
+++ b/pre_build.sh
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@ set -e
 
 # INPUT_GOARCH is a variable set by the wangyoucao577 action
 # https://github.com/wangyoucao577/go-release-action/blob/v1.40/action.yml#L109
-C_COMP="clang"
+C_COMP=""
 if [ "${INPUT_GOARCH}" = "arm64" ]; then
     C_COMP="aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc"
 elif [ "${INPUT_GOARCH}" = "amd64" ]; then
     C_COMP="x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc"
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi