diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 21c2a0b..8802db0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
         cd hdf5
         ./autogen.sh
         ./configure --enable-build-mode=debug --without-szlib --disable-fortran --disable-hl \
-        --disable-tests --disable-tools \
+        --disable-tests \
         --prefix=$HDF5_DIR/hdf5 \
         --enable-parallel
         make -j 8 install