diff --git a/ci/test/00_setup_env.sh b/ci/test/00_setup_env.sh
index e94162dde2dcdc..ad9c9417f0b761 100755
--- a/ci/test/00_setup_env.sh
+++ b/ci/test/00_setup_env.sh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ export DEPENDS_DIR=${DEPENDS_DIR:-$BASE_ROOT_DIR/depends}
 # Folder where the build result is put (bin and lib).
 export BASE_OUTDIR=${BASE_OUTDIR:-$BASE_SCRATCH_DIR/out/$HOST}
 # Folder where the build is done (dist and out-of-tree build).
-export BASE_BUILD_DIR=${BASE_BUILD_DIR:-$BASE_SCRATCH_DIR/build-ci}
+export BASE_BUILD_DIR=${BASE_BUILD_DIR:-$BASE_ROOT_DIR/build-ci}
 export PREVIOUS_RELEASES_DIR=${PREVIOUS_RELEASES_DIR:-$BASE_ROOT_DIR/releases/$HOST}
 export SDK_URL=${SDK_URL:-https://bitcoincore.org/depends-sources/sdks}
 export DOCKER_PACKAGES=${DOCKER_PACKAGES:-build-essential libtool autotools-dev automake pkg-config bsdmainutils curl ca-certificates ccache python3 rsync git procps}