diff --git a/.ci/monolithic-linux.sh b/.ci/monolithic-linux.sh
index 35f1aacb4985f..b347c443da677 100755
--- a/.ci/monolithic-linux.sh
+++ b/.ci/monolithic-linux.sh
@@ -54,4 +54,4 @@ cmake -S "${MONOREPO_ROOT}"/llvm -B "${BUILD_DIR}" \
 
 echo "--- ninja"
 # Targets are not escaped as they are passed as separate arguments.
-ninja -C "${BUILD_DIR}" -k 0 "${targets}"
+ninja -C "${BUILD_DIR}" -k 0 ${targets}
diff --git a/.ci/monolithic-windows.sh b/.ci/monolithic-windows.sh
index f84c0966704e7..4fd88ea81c84a 100755
--- a/.ci/monolithic-windows.sh
+++ b/.ci/monolithic-windows.sh
@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@ cmake -S "${MONOREPO_ROOT}"/llvm -B "${BUILD_DIR}" \
 
 echo "--- ninja"
 # Targets are not escaped as they are passed as separate arguments.
-ninja -C "${BUILD_DIR}" -k 0 "${targets}"
+ninja -C "${BUILD_DIR}" -k 0 ${targets}