diff --git a/.github/workflows/ASAN.yml b/.github/workflows/ASAN.yml
index 3c15c134ee5c2c..5defbead5b736d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ASAN.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ASAN.yml
@@ -3,23 +3,19 @@ name: node ASAN
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
-  ubuntu-build:
-      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-      container: gengjiawen/node-build:2020-02-14
-      steps:
-        - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        - name: Build
-          # TODO(mmarchini): With V8 8.1, GitHub Actions doesn't have enough
-          # memory to build with debug and ASAN. Allow this build to fail until
-          # we figure out a workaround, or until we update to 8.2 (where build
-          # is passing).
-          continue-on-error: true
-          run: |
-              npx envinfo
-              ./configure --debug --enable-asan --ninja && ninja -C out/Debug
-        - name: Test
-          env:
-            ASAN_OPTIONS: halt_on_error=0
-          continue-on-error: true
-          run: |
-            python3 tools/test.py -J --mode=debug
+  build-linux-asan:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Environment Information
+        run: npx envinfo
+      - name: Build
+        run: ./configure --enable-asan && make -j2
+      # TODO(mmarchini): re-enable tests when we fix all issues pointed out
+      # by ASAN
+      # - name: Test
+      #   env:
+      #     ASAN_OPTIONS: halt_on_error=0
+      #   continue-on-error: true
+      #   run: |
+      #     python3 tools/test.py -J