diff --git a/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/i686-gnu-nopt/Dockerfile b/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/i686-gnu-nopt/Dockerfile
index 241199d3bafb9..58e66fd637a29 100644
--- a/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/i686-gnu-nopt/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/i686-gnu-nopt/Dockerfile
@@ -22,10 +22,6 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 COPY scripts/sccache.sh /scripts/
 RUN sh /scripts/sccache.sh
 
-RUN mkdir -p /config
-RUN echo "[rust]" > /config/nopt-std-config.toml
-RUN echo "optimize = false" >> /config/nopt-std-config.toml
-
 ENV RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS --build=i686-unknown-linux-gnu --disable-optimize-tests
 ARG SCRIPT_ARG
 COPY scripts/stage_2_test_set1.sh /scripts/
diff --git a/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/x86_64-gnu-nopt/Dockerfile b/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/x86_64-gnu-nopt/Dockerfile
index 1b57ae7c8da02..854c36ee01c19 100644
--- a/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/x86_64-gnu-nopt/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/x86_64-gnu-nopt/Dockerfile
@@ -22,12 +22,8 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
 COPY scripts/sccache.sh /scripts/
 RUN sh /scripts/sccache.sh
 
-RUN mkdir -p /config
-RUN echo "[rust]" > /config/nopt-std-config.toml
-RUN echo "optimize = false" >> /config/nopt-std-config.toml
-
 ENV RUST_CONFIGURE_ARGS --build=x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu \
   --disable-optimize-tests \
   --set rust.test-compare-mode
-ENV SCRIPT python3 ../x.py test --stage 1 --config /config/nopt-std-config.toml library/std \
+ENV SCRIPT python3 ../x.py test --stage 1 --set rust.optimize=false library/std \
   && python3 ../x.py --stage 2 test
diff --git a/src/ci/github-actions/jobs.yml b/src/ci/github-actions/jobs.yml
index d6d9e0fb7736d..217cf764afbb1 100644
--- a/src/ci/github-actions/jobs.yml
+++ b/src/ci/github-actions/jobs.yml
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ auto:
     env:
       IMAGE: i686-gnu-nopt
       DOCKER_SCRIPT: >-
-        python3 ../x.py test --stage 1 --config /config/nopt-std-config.toml library/std &&
+        python3 ../x.py test --stage 1 --set rust.optimize=false library/std &&
         /scripts/stage_2_test_set2.sh
     <<: *job-linux-4c