diff --git a/.ci/build-freebsd.sh b/.ci/build-freebsd.sh
index 7e10691203..74f56ec621 100755
--- a/.ci/build-freebsd.sh
+++ b/.ci/build-freebsd.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 git config --global --add safe.directory .
 git submodule -q update --init --depth 1 $(awk '/path/ && !/llvm/ && !/opencv/ && !/libpng/ && !/libsdl-org/ && !/curl/ && !/zlib/ && !/libusb/ && !/feralinteractive/ { print $3 }' .gitmodules)
 
-CONFIGURE_ARGS="
+=(
 	-DWITH_LLVM=ON
 	-DUSE_SDL=OFF
 	-DUSE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS=OFF
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS="
 	-DUSE_SYSTEM_LIBPNG=ON
  	-DUSE_SYSTEM_LIBUSB=ON
 	-DUSE_SYSTEM_OPENCV=ON
-"
-
 # base Clang workaround (missing clang-scan-deps)
-CONFIGURE_ARGS="$CONFIGURE_ARGS -DCMAKE_CXX_SCAN_FOR_MODULES=OFF"
+	-DCMAKE_CXX_SCAN_FOR_MODULES=OFF
+	-DCMAKE_LINKER_TYPE=lld-devel
+)
 
 # shellcheck disable=SC2086
-cmake -B build -G Ninja $CONFIGURE_ARGS
+cmake -B build -G Ninja ${CONFIGURE_ARGS[@]}
 cmake --build build
 
 ccache --show-stats