diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 722361a0c..091f76591 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -416,7 +416,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - checkout # check out the code in the project directory
       - run: apt-get update -y && apt-get install -y libgflags-dev
-      - run: make V=1 -j8 unity_test
+      - run:
+          name: "Unity build"
+          command: make V=1 -j8 unity_test
+          no_output_timeout: 20m
       - run: make V=1 -j8 -k check-headers # could be moved to a different build
       - post-steps
 
@@ -492,7 +495,7 @@ jobs:
       - pre-steps
       - setup-folly
       - build-folly
-      - run: CC=clang-13 CXX=clang++-13 USE_CLANG=1 USE_FOLLY=1 COMPILE_WITH_UBSAN=1 COMPILE_WITH_ASAN=1 make -j32 check
+      - run: CC=clang-13 CXX=clang++-13 LIB_MODE=static USE_CLANG=1 USE_FOLLY=1 COMPILE_WITH_UBSAN=1 COMPILE_WITH_ASAN=1 make -j32 check # TODO: LIB_MODE only to work around unresolved linker failures
       - post-steps
 
   # This job is only to make sure the microbench tests are able to run, the benchmark result is not meaningful as the CI host is changing.
@@ -501,7 +504,7 @@ jobs:
     resource_class: 2xlarge
     steps:
       - pre-steps
-      - run: DEBUG_LEVEL=0 make -j32 run_microbench
+      - run: DEBUG_LEVEL=0 LIB_MODE=static make -j32 run_microbench # TODO: LIB_MODE only to work around unresolved linker failures
       - post-steps
 
   build-linux-mini-crashtest: