diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
index b9fc13e..5fd429c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ jobs:
           CIBW_BUILD: cp39-*
           CIBW_SKIP: cp39-musllinux* *win32
           CIBW_ARCHS_MACOS: x86_64 arm64
+          CIBW_BEFORE_BUILD: rm -rf build
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9116ed2..49248e4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ requires = [
     "setuptools >=44",
     "wheel >=0.36",
     "cmake",
+    "ninja",
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 93563de..84a09c2 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ def run(self):
             pass
 
         cmake_options = [
+            "-GNinja",
             f"-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX={install_dir}",
             "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release",
             "-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON",
@@ -75,7 +76,12 @@ def run(self):
         build_dir = os.path.join(ROOT, "build", "cmake-build")
 
         subprocess.run(
-            ["cmake", "--build", build_dir, "--target", "install"],
+            ["cmake", "--build", build_dir],
+            check=True,
+        )
+
+        subprocess.run(
+            ["cmake", "--install", build_dir, "--strip"],
             check=True,
         )
 
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 2ec8dfb..8c6c50c 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ setenv = CHFL_PY_INTERNAL_CHEMFILES = 1
 deps =
     wheel
     cmake
+    ninja
 
 commands =
     pip wheel . --no-build-isolation --verbose --no-deps --check-build-dependencies --wheel-dir {envtmpdir}/dist