diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 73889526830bfe0a71352e46c28a1698186026ec..2f089efc9ae2a35cc0d4d95330264c02b1e3b9f5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ build-job:       # This job runs in the build stage, which runs first.
     - export CCACHE_BASEDIR="$PWD"
     - export CCACHE_DIR="$PWD/ccache"
     - export CCACHE_COMPILERCHECK=content
+    - apt update
+    - apt-get install --no-install-recommends ccache
     - ccache --max-size $CCMaxSize
     - ccache --zero-stats || true
     - ccache --show-stats || true
@@ -55,8 +57,7 @@ build-job:       # This job runs in the build stage, which runs first.
     - echo "$CI_JOB_NAME_SLUG"
     - echo "$CCACHE_DIR"
     - echo Are we running on DO? "$DigitalOceanDebianMirror"
-    - apt update
-    - apt-get install --no-install-recommends --yes build-essential libsdl2-mixer-dev libpng-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libgme-dev git libopenmpt-dev gettext ccache
+    - apt-get install --no-install-recommends --yes build-essential libsdl2-mixer-dev libpng-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libgme-dev git libopenmpt-dev gettext
     - make --directory=src