diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-build-latest.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-build-latest.yml
index e9a911feb..0dcfda020 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux-build-latest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-build-latest.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   specific:
     name: With ${{ matrix.version }}
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       KSER: ${{ matrix.series }}
       KVER: ${{ matrix.version }}
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           # linux-headers-* only to pull in kbuild deps
-          sudo apt-get -y install linux-headers-`uname -r` kmod libelf-dev
-          [ "${{ matrix.cc }}" != "gcc-4.8" ] || sudo apt-get -y install gcc-4.8
+          sudo apt-get -y install linux-headers-`uname -r` kmod libelf-dev gcc
       - name: Setup Linux
         run: |
           install -d kernel