diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index f981641832f..e5f72f29cb3 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           command: ./.circleci/run.sh setup-repos
           name: Clone DMD & DRuntime
-      - run:
-          command: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y gdb
-          name: Install gdb
       - run:
           command: ./.circleci/run.sh publictests
           name: Run all public unittests
diff --git a/.circleci/run.sh b/.circleci/run.sh
index 18137f6b8d7..f066221b280 100755
--- a/.circleci/run.sh
+++ b/.circleci/run.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ install_deps() {
         sudo apt-get install g++-multilib
     fi
     # required for: "core.time.TimeException@std/datetime/timezone.d(2073): Directory /usr/share/zoneinfo/ does not exist."
-    sudo apt-get install --reinstall tzdata
+    sudo apt-get install --reinstall tzdata gdb
 
     for i in {0..4}; do
         if curl -fsS -A "$CURL_USER_AGENT" --max-time 5 https://dlang.org/install.sh -O ||