diff --git a/.github/earthly-ci-config.yml b/.github/earthly-ci-config.yml
index 398a2717c67c..47c8813a0871 100644
--- a/.github/earthly-ci-config.yml
+++ b/.github/earthly-ci-config.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 global:
-    cache_size_pct: 90
+    cache_size_pct: 75
     buildkit_max_parallelism: 50
     container_frontend: docker-shell
-buildkit_additional_args: ["-e", "BUILDKIT_STEP_LOG_MAX_SIZE=-1"]
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+buildkit_additional_args: ["-e", "BUILDKIT_STEP_LOG_MAX_SIZE=-1"]
diff --git a/barretenberg/cpp/Earthfile b/barretenberg/cpp/Earthfile
index c711cf2ff8a5..3d1dbc3aece5 100644
--- a/barretenberg/cpp/Earthfile
+++ b/barretenberg/cpp/Earthfile
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ source:
     COPY --dir src/barretenberg src/CMakeLists.txt src
     # cmake source
     COPY --dir cmake CMakeLists.txt CMakePresets.json .
-    RUN touch hey
     # for debugging rebuilds
     RUN echo CONTENT HASH $(find . -type f -exec sha256sum {} ';' | sort | sha256sum | awk '{print $1}') | tee .content-hash