diff --git a/contrib/fresh_clone_compile_and_run.sh b/contrib/fresh_clone_compile_and_run.sh
index bc0364cf9..a895f3cc3 100755
--- a/contrib/fresh_clone_compile_and_run.sh
+++ b/contrib/fresh_clone_compile_and_run.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 # Usage: $0 BRANCH JOBS
 # TODO: default to master branch with 2 jobs
 
-set -eu -o pipefail
+# we don't want this for our build.sh and make commands
+#set -eu -o pipefail
 
 BRANCH=$1