diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index a3b1d7786ee914..957882619f3552 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Configure ccache action
         uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
         with:
-          save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
+          save: false
       - name: Check Autoconf and aclocal versions
         run: |
           grep "Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.71" configure
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Configure ccache action
       uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
       with:
-        save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
+        save: false
     - name: Configure CPython
       run: ./configure --config-cache --with-pydebug --with-openssl=$OPENSSL_DIR
     - name: Build CPython
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Configure ccache action
       uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
       with:
-        save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
+        save: false
     - name: Setup directory envs for out-of-tree builds
       run: |
         echo "CPYTHON_RO_SRCDIR=$(realpath -m ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/../cpython-ro-srcdir)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml
index f208064767d42f..c2194280c0a50f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-ubuntu.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: hendrikmuhs/ccache-action@v1.2
       with:
         save: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }}
+        max-size: "200M"
     - name: Setup directory envs for out-of-tree builds
       run: |
         echo "CPYTHON_RO_SRCDIR=$(realpath -m ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/../cpython-ro-srcdir)" >> $GITHUB_ENV