diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7da7009..723c61b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -140,13 +140,11 @@ Link PCRE, defaults to 1.
 
 ### QUICK_AND_DIRTY_COMPILER
 
-Skip multiple Nim compiler bootstrap iterations and tool building. Useful in
+Skip some Nim compiler bootstrap iterations and tool building. Useful in
 CI. Defaults to 0.
 
 `make QUICK_AND_DIRTY_COMPILER=1 build-nim`
 
-__Don't use this!__ It produces [a buggy Nim-1.2.6 compiler](https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2/pull/2220).
-
 ## Make targets
 
 ### build
diff --git a/scripts/build_nim.sh b/scripts/build_nim.sh
index 71db9d9..0878fca 100755
--- a/scripts/build_nim.sh
+++ b/scripts/build_nim.sh
@@ -148,7 +148,26 @@ build_nim() {
 			--skipUserCfg \
 			--skipParentCfg \
 			compiler/nim.nim
+		cp -a compiler/nim bin/nim1
+		# If we stop here, we risk ending up with a buggy compiler: https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-eth2/pull/2220
+		bin/nim1 \
+			c \
+			--compileOnly \
+			--nimcache:nimcache \
+			-d:release \
+			--skipUserCfg \
+			--skipParentCfg \
+			--warnings:off \
+			--hints:off \
+			compiler/nim.nim
+		bin/nim1 \
+			jsonscript \
+			--nimcache:nimcache \
+			--skipUserCfg \
+			--skipParentCfg \
+			compiler/nim.nim
 		cp -a compiler/nim bin/nim
+		rm bin/nim1
 	fi
 
 	# record the last commit's timestamp