diff --git a/.github/workflows/Linux_build.yml b/.github/workflows/Linux_build.yml
index 3ca9226bb..bcf06a345 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Linux_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/Linux_build.yml
@@ -51,12 +51,11 @@ jobs:
 #        run: ./xb lint --all
 
   build-linux:
-    name: Build (Linux, ${{ matrix.configuration }}, LLVM ${{ matrix.llvm_version }}) #  runner.os can't be used here
+    name: Build (Linux, LLVM ${{ matrix.llvm_version }}) #  runner.os can't be used here
 #    needs: lint
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        configuration: [Release, Debug]
         llvm_version: [15] #[15, 16, 17, 18, 19]
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
@@ -79,4 +78,4 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get -y install mesa-vulkan-drivers valgrind libc++-dev libc++abi-dev libgtk-3-dev libsdl2-dev libvulkan-dev libx11-dev libx11-xcb-dev clang-$LLVM_VERSION clang-format-$LLVM_VERSION llvm-$LLVM_VERSION
           ./xb setup
       - name: Build
-        run: ./xb build --config=${{ matrix.configuration }}
+        run: ./xb build --config=Release
diff --git a/.github/workflows/Windows_build.yml b/.github/workflows/Windows_build.yml
index 26c65a05f..e13ee7bbf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Windows_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/Windows_build.yml
@@ -59,13 +59,12 @@ jobs:
         run: .\xb lint --all
 
   build-windows:
-    name: Build (Windows, VS${{ matrix.vsver }}, ${{ matrix.configuration }}) #  runner.os can't be used here
+    name: Build (Windows, VS${{ matrix.vsver }}) #  runner.os can't be used here
     needs: lint
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         vsver: [2022]
-        configuration: [Release, Debug, Checked]
     runs-on: windows-${{ matrix.vsver }}
     env:
       POWERSHELL_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT: 1
@@ -78,11 +77,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         run: .\xb build --config=Release --target=src\xenia-app
       - name: Prepare artifacts
-        if: matrix.configuration == 'Release'
         id: prepare_artifacts
         run: |
-          robocopy . build\bin\${{ runner.os }}\Release                                                                LICENSE /r:0 /w:0
-          robocopy   build\bin\${{ runner.os }}\Release artifacts\xenia_canary   xenia_canary.exe   xenia_canary.pdb   LICENSE /r:0 /w:0
+          robocopy . build\bin\Windows\Release                                                                LICENSE /r:0 /w:0
+          robocopy   build\bin\Windows\Release artifacts\xenia_canary   xenia_canary.exe   xenia_canary.pdb   LICENSE /r:0 /w:0
           If ($LastExitCode -le 7) { echo "LastExitCode = $LastExitCode";$LastExitCode = 0 }
       - name: Upload xenia canary artifacts
         if: steps.prepare_artifacts.outcome == 'success'
@@ -101,12 +99,6 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          # REMOVE THIS IF UNNEEDED v
-          if [ ${{ matrix.configuration }} != Release ]; then
-            echo "::error::Can only create release for Release build"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          # REMOVE THIS IF UNNEEDED ^
           $asset="xenia_canary.zip"
           rm -recurse -force artifacts\xenia_canary\*.pdb # Ideally this would use xr, but I can't get it to work
           7z a $asset .\artifacts\xenia_canary\*