diff --git a/.github/workflows/daily.yml b/.github/workflows/daily.yml
index 63e6a150b2..096cf12766 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/daily.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/daily.yml
@@ -597,8 +597,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           repository: ${{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY }}
           ref: ${{ env.GITHUB_HEAD_REF }}
+      - name: clean make
+        run: make distclean
       - name: make
-        run: make all-with-unit-tests SANITIZER=address SERVER_CFLAGS='-DSERVER_TEST -Werror -DDEBUG_ASSERTIONS'
+        run: make all-with-unit-tests OPT=-O3 SANITIZER=address SERVER_CFLAGS='-DSERVER_TEST -Werror -DDEBUG_ASSERTIONS'
       - name: testprep
         # Work around ASAN issue, see https://github.com/google/sanitizers/issues/1716
         run: |