diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9fabf53a06d..f6bc196fdad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with: { ref: "${{ env.GIT_COMMIT }}" }
       - uses: ./.github/ci-setup-action
-        if: (needs.changes.outputs.non-docs == 'true' && needs.changes.outputs.non-misc-ci == 'true' && needs.changes.outputs.non-barretenberg-cpp == 'true') || github.ref_name == 'master'
         with:
           concurrency_key: build-x86
       # prepare images locally, tagged by commit hash
diff --git a/barretenberg/cpp/Earthfile b/barretenberg/cpp/Earthfile
index 1074fe85ffb..787c618611f 100644
--- a/barretenberg/cpp/Earthfile
+++ b/barretenberg/cpp/Earthfile
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ preset-sol:
 
 preset-wasm-threads:
   FROM +source
-  DO +CACHE_BUILD_BIN --prefix=preset-wasm-threads \
-    --command="cmake --preset wasm-threads -Bbuild && cmake --build build --target barretenberg.wasm && /opt/wasi-sdk/bin/llvm-strip ./build/bin/barretenberg.wasm"
+  DO +CACHE_BUILD_BIN --prefix=preset-wasm-threads-v1 \
+    --command="cmake --preset wasm-threads -Bbuild && cmake --build build --target barretenberg.wasm"
   SAVE ARTIFACT build/bin
 
 preset-gcc: