diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 7a505e26d7c741e305c3fd4af5bb90a63757c1c6..13305df0b621ada911131f8781709963fa7dd8e4 100644
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -111,8 +111,7 @@ if [[ ! -f "$NGINX_SRC_DIR/objs/nginx" ]]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-cp "$NGINX_SRC_DIR/objs/nginx" "$NGINX_BUILT_BINARY_PATH"
+cd "$NGINX_SRC_DIR/objs"
+./nginx -V
 
-# Verify build works
-cd "$NGINX_ARTIFACT_PATH" || exit 1
-./"$NGINX_BUILT_BINARY_PATH" -V
+cp "$NGINX_SRC_DIR/objs/nginx" "$NGINX_BUILT_BINARY_PATH"