diff --git a/bin/ci b/bin/ci
index 766123a0e865..3004ddeb30d2 100755
--- a/bin/ci
+++ b/bin/ci
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ build() {
       with_build_env 'make docs threads=1'
       ;;
     *)
-      with_build_env 'make crystal std_spec compiler_spec docs threads=1'
+      with_build_env 'make crystal'
+      with_build_env 'bin/crystal spec spec/std_spec.cr -v'
       ;;
   esac