diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI.yml b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
index f17db9e638..6df6dfee79 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI.yml
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
           profile: minimal
-          toolchain: stable
+          toolchain: nightly
           override: true
 
       - name: Install cbindgen
@@ -171,8 +171,8 @@ jobs:
         env:
           RUSTFLAGS: --cfg hyper_unstable_ffi
         with:
-          command: build
-          args: --features client,http1,http2,ffi
+          command: rustc
+          args: --features client,http1,http2,ffi -Z unstable-options --crate-type cdylib
 
       - name: Make Examples
         run: cd capi/examples && make client
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f2ee5efe3e..e87137f595 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@ include = [
   #"build.rs",
 ]
 
-[lib]
-crate-type = ["lib", "staticlib", "cdylib"]
-
 [dependencies]
 bytes = "1"
 futures-core = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
diff --git a/capi/README.md b/capi/README.md
index 9d6f9f6d14..c4e881362a 100644
--- a/capi/README.md
+++ b/capi/README.md
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ Because of that, it's only accessible if `--cfg hyper_unstable_ffi` is passed to
 
 ## Building
 
-The C API is part of the Rust library, but isn't compiled by default. Using `cargo`, it can be compiled with the following command:
+The C API is part of the Rust library, but isn't compiled by default. Using a nightly release of `cargo`, starting with `nightly-2022-03-02`, it can be compiled with the following command:
 
 ```
-RUSTFLAGS="--cfg hyper_unstable_ffi" cargo build --features client,http1,http2,ffi
+RUSTFLAGS="--cfg hyper_unstable_ffi" cargo +nightly rustc --features client,http1,http2,ffi -Z unstable-options --crate-type cdylib
 ```