diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/build-linux.yml
index 4b9475573..5077b7def 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-linux.yml
@@ -28,14 +28,13 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Install system dependencies
-        uses: daaku/gh-action-apt-install@v4
-        with:
-          packages: build-essential ccache python3 python3-pip ninja-build libsdl2-dev libgl-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libpthread-stubs0-dev patchelf libglm-dev
-
-      - name: Install meson from pip
         run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y build-essential ccache python3 python3-pip ninja-build libsdl2-dev libgl-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libpthread-stubs0-dev
           python -m pip install meson
+          # Set a reasonable ccache size
           ccache -M 5G || true
+          python -m pip install meson
 
       - name: Restore ccache
         uses: actions/cache@v4