diff --git a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
index 4bce327b06aa1..7257d92a8266b 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ runs:
           echo "RUST_BACKTRACE=full" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           # Set nice CI colors
           echo "CARGO_TERM_COLOR=always" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          # Incremental compilation has no benefit because in our CI we always start from a clean state.
+          echo "CARGO_INCREMENTAL=0" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
         fi
 
     - name: Enable rust matcher
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index 5af2787d2b90f..a07ec850373a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 
 env:
-  CARGO_INCREMENTAL: "0" # Disable incremental compilation for coverage
   CI: true
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/k8s_e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/k8s_e2e.yml
index 329f31e642457..71060116cfd78 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/k8s_e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/k8s_e2e.yml
@@ -71,7 +71,6 @@ jobs:
     # Run this job even if `changes` job is skipped
     if: ${{ !failure() && !cancelled() && github.event_name != 'pull_request' && needs.changes.outputs.website_only != 'true' && needs.changes.outputs.k8s != 'false' }}
     env:
-      CARGO_INCREMENTAL: 0
       DISABLE_MOLD: true
     steps:
       - name: Checkout branch
@@ -207,7 +206,6 @@ jobs:
         env:
           USE_MINIKUBE_CACHE: "true"
           SKIP_PACKAGE_DEB: "true"
-          CARGO_INCREMENTAL: 0
           HELM_CHART_REPO: ${{ github.workspace }}/helm-charts/charts/vector
         with:
           timeout_minutes: 45
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-make-command.yml b/.github/workflows/test-make-command.yml
index 2a93f9016fcd1..b0a5e9aa6b4aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-make-command.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-make-command.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
     timeout-minutes: 90
     env:
-      CARGO_INCREMENTAL: 0
       DD_ENV: "ci"
     steps:
       - name: Checkout branch
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
index 3f95e9262a21f..b6bf76de5f10c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit-tests.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ permissions:
   contents: read
 
 env:
-  CARGO_INCREMENTAL: "0"
   CI: true
   DD_ENV: "ci"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unit_mac.yml b/.github/workflows/unit_mac.yml
index a44a84d368953..aec7b4521e26a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unit_mac.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unit_mac.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ jobs:
   unit-mac:
     runs-on: macos-14-xlarge
     timeout-minutes: 90
-    env:
-      CARGO_INCREMENTAL: 0
     steps:
       - name: Checkout branch
         uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2