diff --git a/contrib/teamcity/build-configurations.py b/contrib/teamcity/build-configurations.py
--- a/contrib/teamcity/build-configurations.py
+++ b/contrib/teamcity/build-configurations.py
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
             )
 
         # Some more flags for the build_cmake.sh script
-        build_cmake_flags = []
+        build_cmake_flags = ["--no-build"]
         if self.config.get("Werror", False):
             build_cmake_flags.append("--Werror")
         if self.config.get("junit", True):
@@ -204,11 +204,11 @@
         self.build_steps.append(
             {
                 "bin": str(self.project_root.joinpath("contrib/devtools/build_cmake.sh")),
-                "args": targets[0] + build_cmake_flags,
+                "args": build_cmake_flags,
             }
         )
 
-        for target_group in targets[1:]:
+        for target_group in targets:
             self.build_steps.append(
                 {
                     # TODO: let the generator be configurable