diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
index d05bbdb..419fff6 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -109,7 +109,23 @@ jobs:
           ELC=/opt/el/dist/platform/elc
           RUNTIME=/opt/el/runtime
 
-          $ELB --elc=$ELC --runtime=$RUNTIME/el_runtime.c
+          # Compile all El modules to C (may fail at link on Linux: the El compiler
+          # inlines imported modules into each module's .c file, producing duplicate
+          # symbol definitions that GNU ld rejects as errors. macOS ld accepts them
+          # silently. We ignore the link failure and re-link manually below.)
+          $ELB --elc=$ELC --runtime=$RUNTIME/el_runtime.c || true
+
+          # soul.c is a fully self-contained merged file — every function from every
+          # imported module is inlined into it. Link only soul.c against el_runtime.c;
+          # this avoids all duplicate-symbol conflicts from the individual module files.
+          mkdir -p dist
+          cc -O2 -DHAVE_CURL \
+            -I$RUNTIME \
+            dist/soul.c \
+            $RUNTIME/el_runtime.c \
+            -lssl -lcrypto -lcurl -lpthread -lm \
+            -o dist/neuron
+
           ls -lh dist/neuron
 
       - name: Smoke test