diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index ab414c1ac7b5..f250aaa3f3cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ jobs:
               PRIMARY: "compiler"
           - env:
               JDK: "labsjdk-ce-11"
+              GATE: "build"
+              PRIMARY: "vm"
+              DYNAMIC_IMPORTS: "/tools,/substratevm,/sulong"
+              NATIVE_IMAGES: "polyglot"
               WITHOUT_VCS: true
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -124,8 +128,9 @@ jobs:
       if: ${{ contains(matrix.env.GATE, 'style') }}
       run: |
         sudo apt install python-pip python-setuptools 
-        sudo pip install astroid==1.1.0
-        sudo pip install pylint==1.1.0
+        cat common.json |
+          jq -r '.deps.common.packages | to_entries[] | select(.key | startswith("pip:")) | (.key | split(":")[1]) + .value' |
+          xargs sudo pip install
     - name: Build GraalVM and run gate
       env: ${{ matrix.env }}
       run: |
@@ -155,7 +160,6 @@ jobs:
         if [[ ${WITHOUT_VCS} ]]
         then
           rm -rf .git
-          ${MX_PATH}/mx --primary-suite-path substratevm native-image --help
-        else
-          ${MX_PATH}/mx --primary-suite-path ${PRIMARY} --J @"-Xmx2g" --java-home=${JAVA_HOME} gate --strict-mode --tags ${GATE}
         fi
+
+        ${MX_PATH}/mx --primary-suite-path ${PRIMARY} --J @"-Xmx2g" --java-home=${JAVA_HOME} gate --strict-mode --tags ${GATE}
diff --git a/common.json b/common.json
index 30269f61440c..338b1f32a566 100644
--- a/common.json
+++ b/common.json
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
         "MX_PYTHON": "python3"
       },
       "packages": {
-        "pip:logilab-common ": "==1.4.4",
+        "pip:logilab-common": "==1.4.4",
         "pip:pylint": "==1.9.3",
         "pip:ninja_syntax": "==1.7.2"
       }
diff --git a/vm/ci_includes/vm.hocon b/vm/ci_includes/vm.hocon
index 9ffff014aa4b..e434bd4b0749 100644
--- a/vm/ci_includes/vm.hocon
+++ b/vm/ci_includes/vm.hocon
@@ -96,6 +96,17 @@ builds += [
     ]
     name: gate-vm-unittest-windows
   }
+  ${vm_java_11} ${gate_vm_linux} ${sulong_linux} {
+    environment: {
+      DYNAMIC_IMPORTS: "/tools,/substratevm,/sulong"
+      NATIVE_IMAGES: "polyglot"
+    }
+    run: [
+      [rm, "-rf", "../.git"]
+      [mx, gate, "--strict-mode", "--tags", "build"]
+    ]
+    name: gate-vm-build-without-vcs
+  }
   ${gate_vm_linux} ${linux-deploy} ${maven_base_8_11} {
     run: [
       ${maven_base_8_11.build}