diff --git a/.conda-ci-build-configure.sh b/.conda-ci-build-configure.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..80a2fb778073ec5d3277308090f6273030d331f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.conda-ci-build-configure.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+python ./configure.py --cl-inc-dir="$CONDA_PREFIX/include" --cl-lib-dir="$CONDA_PREFIX/lib"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index bfc850495fdf245b9598a2492e75ea2c2072d3bd..e55999a759655b4850016e2ef29183db59e1f0d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ jobs:
                 sed 's/python=3/python=2.7/' .test-conda-env-py3.yml > .test-conda-env-py2.yml
                 CONDA_ENVIRONMENT=.test-conda-env-py2.yml
                 curl -L -O -k https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/master/build-and-test-py-project-within-miniconda.sh
-                python ./configure.py --cl-inc-dir="$CONDA_PREFIX/include" --cl-lib-dir="$CONDA_PREFIX/lib"
                 . ./build-and-test-py-project-within-miniconda.sh
 
     pytest3:
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ jobs:
             run: |
                 CONDA_ENVIRONMENT=.test-conda-env-py3.yml
                 curl -L -O -k https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/master/build-and-test-py-project-within-miniconda.sh
-                python ./configure.py --cl-inc-dir="$CONDA_PREFIX/include" --cl-lib-dir="$CONDA_PREFIX/lib"
                 . ./build-and-test-py-project-within-miniconda.sh
 
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