diff --git a/.github/workflows/generate-tools.yaml b/.github/workflows/generate-tools.yaml
index b35abfdd..4b2b253c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generate-tools.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generate-tools.yaml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
         target: [
           {"name": "Linux GCC 14",     "os": "ubuntu-latest",  "cmake_env": "CC=gcc-14"},
           {"name": "Linux Clang 18",   "os": "ubuntu-latest",  "cmake_env": "CC=clang-18"},
-          {"name": "Linux GCC 7",      "os": "ubuntu-20.04",   "cmake_env": "CC=gcc-7", "install": "gcc-7"},
+          {"name": "Linux GCC 7",      "os": "ubuntu-20.04",   "cmake_env": "CC=gcc-7",   "install": "gcc-7"},
           {"name": "Linux Clang 7",    "os": "ubuntu-20.04",   "cmake_env": "CC=clang-7", "install": "clang-7"},
           {"name": "macOS arm64",      "os": "macos-15",       "cmake_env": "CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES=arm64"},
           {"name": "macOS x86_64",     "os": "macos-15",       "cmake_env": "CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES=x86_64"},
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ jobs:
           {"name": "Windows Clang-CL", "os": "windows-latest", "cmake_options": "-T ClangCl"},
           {"name": "WinArm64 Clang-CL","os": "windows-latest", "cmake_options": "-T ClangCl -A arm64"},
         ]
-    env:
-      CMAKE_OPTIONS: -DDEV_MODE=ON ${{ matrix.target.cmake_options }}
-      CMAKE_ENV: ${{ matrix.target.cmake_env }}
     steps:
       - name: list compilers
         if: ${{ contains(matrix.target.os, 'ubuntu') }}
@@ -41,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Configure CMake
-        run: ${{ env.CMAKE_ENV }} cmake -S . -B _build ${{ env.CMAKE_OPTIONS }}
+        run: ${{ matrix.target.cmake_env }} cmake -S . -B _build -DDEV_MODE=ON ${{ matrix.target.cmake_options }}
 
       - name: Build with CMake
         run: cmake --build _build --config Debug --parallel