diff --git a/includes/build-jobs.yml b/includes/build-jobs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..948b69c61cfa54e6f6a80421f60ef8c06be265f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/includes/build-jobs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# ensure the codec builds with DEBUGGING activated
+# warnings are not treated as errors here
+build-codec-linux-debugging-make:
+  extends:
+    - .build-job-linux
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TITLE =~ /^(\[Draft\]|\(Draft\)|Draft:)/
+      when: never
+    - if: $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'long-term-logs' || $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'backup-long-term-logs' || $UPDATE_PAGES
+      when: never
+    - if: $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'pytest-compare-enc-dmx'
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'push'
+      when: never
+  timeout: "10 minutes"
+  script:
+    - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/print-common-info.sh
+    - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/enable-debugging-macro.sh
+    - make -j
diff --git a/main-basop.yml b/main-basop.yml
index a0626dd99885a7df8ee13548c44355749df136e4..6759971be192f45a951faec33159f6c94c0460c8 100644
--- a/main-basop.yml
+++ b/main-basop.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ include:
   - local: includes/default-variables-basop.yml
   - local: includes/rules-basop.yml
   - local: includes/complexity-jobs.yml
+  - local: includes/build-jobs.yml
 
 stages:
   - .pre
@@ -1036,27 +1037,6 @@ build-codec-sanitizers-linux:
     - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/activate-Werror-linux.sh
     - bash ci/build_codec_sanitizers_linux.sh
 
-build-codec-linux-debugging-make:
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TITLE =~ /^(\[Draft\]|\(Draft\)|Draft:)/
-      when: never
-    - if: $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'long-term-logs' || $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'backup-long-term-logs' || $UPDATE_PAGES
-      when: never
-    - if: $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'pytest-compare-enc-dmx'
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'push' && $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'merge_request_event'
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == 'push'
-      when: never
-  extends:
-    - .build-job-linux
-  timeout: "10 minutes"
-  variables:
-    BUILD_WITH_DEBUG_MODE_INFO: "true"
-  script:
-    - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/print-common-info.sh
-    - bash "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"/ivas-codec-ci/snippets/basop/activate-debug-mode-info-if-set.sh
-    - make -j
-
 build-codec-windows-msbuild:
   rules:
     - if: $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'long-term-logs' || $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'backup-long-term-logs' || $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'ivas-conformance-linux' || $UPDATE_PAGES || $MANUAL_PIPELINE_TYPE == 'complexity' || $MEASURE_COMPLEXITY_LINUX
diff --git a/main-float.yml b/main-float.yml
index e06cab0c6f5b344f81b22c89b727efc39dbf8ceb..391bfceda595c11d533d0e1ddb811010860ca892 100644
--- a/main-float.yml
+++ b/main-float.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-
 include:
   - local: main.yml
   - local: includes/default-variables-float.yml
   - local: includes/complexity-jobs.yml
+  - local: includes/build-jobs.yml
 
 stages:
   - .pre
diff --git a/snippets/enable-debugging-macro.sh b/snippets/enable-debugging-macro.sh
index b7dc1ac1b54671c26a3b46142f49720821fe7311..3919b25807f7970c9b5c747dec4e3bce3ce447ea 100755
--- a/snippets/enable-debugging-macro.sh
+++ b/snippets/enable-debugging-macro.sh
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 set -euxo pipefail
 
-cd "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}"
-
 # automatically enable #DEBUGGING macro in options.h using either /**/-comment or //-comment
 sed -i.bak -e "s/\/\*\ *\(#define\ *DEBUGGING\ *\)\*\//\1/g" lib_com/options.h
 sed -i.bak -e "s/\/\/\ *\(#define\ *DEBUGGING\ *\)/\1/g" lib_com/options.h