diff --git a/ci/drone/linux_script b/ci/drone/linux_script
index fdc1704fb7..8c5dc1be2a 100755
--- a/ci/drone/linux_script
+++ b/ci/drone/linux_script
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ git config core.abbrev 9
 
 mkdir build
 cd build
-cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$DISTDIR" -DZIG_STATIC=ON -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/deps/local -GNinja
+# TODO figure out why Drone CI is deadlocking and stop passing -DZIG_SINGLE_THREADED=ON
+cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$DISTDIR" -DZIG_STATIC=ON -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/deps/local -GNinja -DZIG_SINGLE_THREADED=ON
 
 samu install
 ./zig build test -Dskip-release -Dskip-non-native