diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 09dd6e53f870c6..ecd8658c917348 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -263,10 +263,9 @@ jobs:
           mkdir -p ${{ env.CARGO_HOME }} -ErrorAction Ignore
           cp ./.cargo/ci-config.toml ${{ env.CARGO_HOME }}/config.toml
 
-      - name: Run rustup update
+      - name: Create target directory
         working-directory: ${{ env.ZED_WORKSPACE }}
-        # Windows can't run shell scripts, so we need to use `cargo xtask`.
-        run: rustup update
+        run: mkdir -p target
 
       - name: cargo clippy
         working-directory: ${{ env.ZED_WORKSPACE }}