diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_fv3_ccpp_prebuild.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_fv3_ccpp_prebuild.yml
index a32b66b7b..a5c2f8092 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_fv3_ccpp_prebuild.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_fv3_ccpp_prebuild.yml
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ name: CI test to run FV3 ccpp_prebuild step
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
-  build-linux:
+  ccpp-prebuild-FV3:
 
     # The type of runner that the job will run on
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      max-parallel: 5
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout current ccpp-physics code
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_scm_ccpp_prebuild.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_scm_ccpp_prebuild.yml
index 64fac3cd1..7c9d2300a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_scm_ccpp_prebuild.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_scm_ccpp_prebuild.yml
@@ -3,12 +3,10 @@ name: CI test to run SCM ccpp_prebuild step
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
-  build-linux:
+  ccpp-prebuild-SCM:
 
     # The type of runner that the job will run on
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      max-parallel: 5
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
 
     steps: