diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index a3c2403ceb39da38a20bd30407d8d621abe54f11..842040d5404f00d7948eaa1dc26dca22db798510 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -14,11 +14,8 @@ jobs:
               "LCG_102/x86_64-centos9-gcc11-opt",    # g4 11
               "LCG_102/x86_64-centos7-clang12-opt",  # g4 11
               "LCG_102/x86_64-ubuntu2004-gcc9-opt",  # g4 11
+              "dev3/x86_64-centos7-gcc11-opt",
               "dev4/x86_64-centos7-gcc11-opt"]
-        DD4HEP_HEPMC3_COMPRESSION_SUPPORT: ["OFF"]
-        include:
-          - LCG: "dev3/x86_64-centos7-gcc11-opt"
-            DD4HEP_HEPMC3_COMPRESSION_SUPPORT: "ON"
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - uses: cvmfs-contrib/github-action-cvmfs@v3
@@ -37,7 +34,6 @@ jobs:
             -DDD4HEP_USE_EDM4HEP=OFF \
             -DDD4HEP_USE_TBB=ON \
             -DDD4HEP_USE_HEPMC3=ON \
-            -DDD4HEP_HEPMC3_COMPRESSION_SUPPORT=${{ matrix.DD4HEP_HEPMC3_COMPRESSION_SUPPORT }} \
             -DDD4HEP_BUILD_DEBUG=OFF \
             -DBUILD_TESTING=ON \
             -DDD4HEP_DEBUG_CMAKE=ON \
@@ -45,6 +41,9 @@ jobs:
             -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
             -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-fdiagnostics-color=always"  \
             -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 ..
+          if [ "${{ matrix.LCG }}" = "dev3/x86_64-centos7-gcc11-opt" ]; then
+            cmake -DDD4HEP_HEPMC3_COMPRESSION_SUPPORT=ON ..
+          fi
           echo "::group::Compile"
           ninja install
           . ../bin/thisdd4hep.sh