diff --git a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
index d4020757d..7a3183400 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/osrm-backend.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ jobs:
    # needs: format-taginfo-docs
     runs-on: windows-2022
     continue-on-error: false
+    env:
+      BUILD_TYPE: Release
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - run: pip install conan==1.51.3
diff --git a/scripts/ci/node_package.sh b/scripts/ci/node_package.sh
index 93a42dd08..15084f847 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/node_package.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/node_package.sh
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ echo "node version is:"
 which node
 node -v
 PUBLISH=On
-BUILD_TYPE=Release
+
 if [[ ${PUBLISH} == 'On' ]]; then
     echo "PUBLISH is set to '${PUBLISH}', publishing!"
     NPM_FLAGS=''