diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 96d1b8d857..0014eb3b33 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ steps:
 - name: check CPU features
   <<: *buildenv
   commands:
-  - bash -i ./ci/check_cpu_features.sh
+  - bash -c ./ci/check_cpu_features.sh
 
 volumes:
 - name: rustup
diff --git a/ci/check_cpu_features.sh b/ci/check_cpu_features.sh
index 84fc0112a7..775118c060 100755
--- a/ci/check_cpu_features.sh
+++ b/ci/check_cpu_features.sh
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 # Ensure that there has not been a change in CPU features used.
 
 set -e
+shopt -s expand_aliases
 
 ROOT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd)"
 
 cd ${ROOT_DIR}
-cargo build --release
+cargo build --release --bin casper-node
 utils/dump-cpu-features.sh target/release/casper-node > current-build-cpu-features.txt
 diff -u current-build-cpu-features.txt ci/cpu-features-1.4.13-release.txt
 echo "Check passed, instruction set extensions in node binary have not been changed since 1.4.13"