diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4e9ffb3a..6cbf5e7b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ on:
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
   NO_STD_TARGET: thumbv7em-none-eabi # firmware uses atomics
-  QEMU_TARGET: thumbv7m-none-eabi
 
 jobs:
   host:
@@ -40,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Use the latest stable release
         run: rustup update stable && rustup default stable
-      - name: Install NO_STD_TARGET
+      - name: Install target for cross-compilation
         run: rustup target add ${{ env.NO_STD_TARGET }}
       - name: Install Rust targets, build defmt crates for no_std targets, build defmt dependent crates for cortex-m targets, build panic-probe with different features
         run: cargo xtask test-cross
@@ -90,8 +89,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Use the latest stable release
         run: rustup update stable && rustup default stable
-      - name: Install NO_STD_TARGET
-        run: rustup target add ${{ env.QEMU_TARGET }}
+      - name: Install target for cross-compilation
+        run: rustup target add ${{ env.NO_STD_TARGET }}
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install qemu qemu-system-arm
       - name: Run QEMU snapshot tests
@@ -105,8 +104,8 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Use the latest stable release
         run: rustup update stable && rustup default stable
-      - name: Install NO_STD_TARGET
-        run: rustup target add ${{ env.QEMU_TARGET }}
+      - name: Install target for cross-compilation
+        run: rustup target add ${{ env.NO_STD_TARGET }}
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install qemu qemu-system-arm
       - name: Run backward compatibility test