diff --git a/pipelines/build.sh b/pipelines/build.sh
index d04e48453952696e1385216e2ea32cfc2debb2ef..dfc17942961dda0dd6c6f760a2de4a8faa026fe1 100644
--- a/pipelines/build.sh
+++ b/pipelines/build.sh
@@ -44,13 +44,17 @@ coverage html
 # zip -q -r htmlcov.zip htmlcov
 
 echo "===================== importability ====================="
-echo " > try 'from $JOB_NAME.top_level_interface import *'"
-python -c "from $JOB_NAME.top_level_interface import *"
-import_status=$?
-if [ "$import_status" != 0 ]; then
-  echo "Import failed!"
+if [ "$JOB_NAME" != "csst_common" ]; then
+  echo " > try 'from $JOB_NAME.top_level_interface import *'"
+  python -c "from $JOB_NAME.top_level_interface import *"
+  import_status=$?
+  if [ "$import_status" != 0 ]; then
+    echo "Import failed!"
+  else
+    echo "Import done!"
+  fi
 else
-  echo "Import done!"
+  import_status=0
 fi
 
 # the exit value is determined from unit tests