diff --git a/ci/ciimage/cuda/image.json b/ci/ciimage/cuda/image.json
index f422723c12fb..da8ea4fe34f3 100644
--- a/ci/ciimage/cuda/image.json
+++ b/ci/ciimage/cuda/image.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "base_image": "archlinux:latest",
-  "args": ["--only", "cuda"],
+  "args": ["--only", "cuda", "--no-unittests"],
   "env": {
     "CI": "1",
     "MESON_CI_JOBNAME": "linux-cuda-gcc"