diff --git a/pipelines/main/misc/llvmpasses.yml b/pipelines/main/misc/llvmpasses.yml
index a096fcbae..5bae549aa 100644
--- a/pipelines/main/misc/llvmpasses.yml
+++ b/pipelines/main/misc/llvmpasses.yml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@ steps:
     steps:
       - label: "llvmpasses"
         key: "llvmpasses"
-        # Wait until `build-x86_64-linux-gnu` is finished, so that we only see build errors once
+        # Wait until `build-x86_64-linux-gnuassert` is finished, so we don't build julia an extra time
         depends_on:
-          - "build_x86_64-linux-gnu"
+          - "build_x86_64-linux-gnuassert"
         plugins:
           - JuliaCI/julia#v1:
               # Drop default "registries" directory, so it is not persisted from execution to execution
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@ steps:
           # Enable Julia assertions: FORCE_ASSERTIONS=1
           # Enable LLVM assertions:  LLVM_ASSERTIONS=1
           export MAKE_ASSERT_FLAGS="FORCE_ASSERTIONS=1 LLVM_ASSERTIONS=1"
-          make --output-sync -j$${JULIA_CPU_THREADS:?} release JULIA_PRECOMPILE=0 $${MAKE_ASSERT_FLAGS:?}
+          # Download pre-built julia, extract into `usr/`
+          buildkite-agent artifact download --step "build_x86_64-linux-gnuassert" 'julia-*-linuxassert-x86_64.tar.gz' .
+          mkdir -p ./usr
+          tar -C ./usr --strip-components=1 -zxf julia-*-linuxassert-x86_64.tar.gz
+          ln -s ./usr/bin/julia ./julia
           echo "--- make src/install-analysis-deps"
           make --output-sync -j$${JULIA_CPU_THREADS:?} -C src install-analysis-deps $${MAKE_ASSERT_FLAGS:?}
           echo "+++ make test/llvmpasses"