diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 39e7c66c5..f005b6320 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ build_wheel_task:
             -DGEANT4_USE_QT=ON
             -DGEANT4_USE_OPENGL_X11=ON
             -DGEANT4_BUILD_MULTITHREADED=ON
+            -DGEANT4_USE_SYSTEM_EXPAT=OFF
             -DGEANT4_USE_GDML=ON
             ../src
     - make -j4