diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index e5495478ae..27bb394f13 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         include:
         - language: c-cpp
-          build-mode: autobuild
+          build-mode: manual
         # CodeQL supports the following values keywords for 'language': 'c-cpp', 'csharp', 'go', 'java-kotlin', 'javascript-typescript', 'python', 'ruby', 'swift'
         # Use `c-cpp` to analyze code written in C, C++ or both
         # Use 'java-kotlin' to analyze code written in Java, Kotlin or both
@@ -79,12 +79,7 @@ jobs:
     - if: matrix.build-mode == 'manual'
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        echo 'If you are using a "manual" build mode for one or more of the' \
-          'languages you are analyzing, replace this with the commands to build' \
-          'your code, for example:'
-        echo '  make bootstrap'
-        echo '  make release'
-        exit 1
+        build.sh
 
     - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
       uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3