diff --git a/.github/workflows/checks.yml b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
index 83062e7d2c8..15bf0b81a94 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/checks.yml
@@ -247,12 +247,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: dfinity/setup-dfx@main
       - name: Test getting proposal args
         run: scripts/dfx-nns-proposal-args.test
-  docker-build-cli-flags:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: docker-build prints help
-        run: ./scripts/docker-build --help | grep -i usage
   minor-version-bump-works:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps:
@@ -284,88 +278,6 @@ jobs:
                   exit 1
           } >&2
           # TODO: Verify that the commits contain the expected changes.
-  download-nns-dapp-ci-wasm:
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04, macos-13]
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install bash and sha256sum if on Mac
-        run: |
-          if command -v brew ; then
-            brew install bash
-            brew install coreutils
-          fi
-      - name: Download NNS-dapp CI wasm
-        run: |
-          MAIN_COMMIT="$(git ls-remote --refs https://github.com/dfinity/nns-dapp.git main | awk '{print $1}')"
-          scripts/nns-dapp/download-ci-wasm.test --commit "$MAIN_COMMIT"
-    env:
-      GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-  canister-ids-tool:
-    name: Test canister_ids tool
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04, macos-13]
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install bash if on Mac
-        run: |
-          if command -v brew ; then
-            brew install bash
-          fi
-      - run: scripts/canister_ids.test
-  release-sop:
-    name: Test release-sop script
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04, macos-13]
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install bash if on Mac
-        run: |
-          if command -v brew ; then
-            brew install bash
-          fi
-      - run: scripts/nns-dapp/release-sop.test
-  split-changelog:
-    name: Test split-changelog script
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04, macos-13]
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install bash if on Mac
-        run: |
-          if command -v brew ; then
-            brew install bash
-          fi
-      - run: scripts/nns-dapp/split-changelog.test
-  unused-i18n:
-    name: Find unused i18n messages
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - run: scripts/unused-i18n
-  convert-id:
-    name: Test the ID conversion script
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install tools
-        run: |
-          # libarchive-zip-perl is needed for crc32, used by convert-id.
-          sudo apt-get update -yy && sudo apt-get install -yy libarchive-zip-perl
-      - name: Run test
-        run: scripts/convert-id.test
   version-match:
     name: The nns-dapp npm and cargo versions should match
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
@@ -381,12 +293,48 @@ jobs:
                   echo "Frontend: $frontend_version"
                   exit 1
           } >&2
-  network-config:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+  small-tests:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-20.04, macos-13]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    env:
+      # Used by download-ci-wasm.test
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install sponge
-        run: sudo apt-get update -yy && sudo apt-get install -yy moreutils && command -v sponge
+      - name: Install tools on Linux
+        run: |
+          if command -v apt-get; then
+            # libarchive-zip-perl is needed for crc32, used by convert-id.test
+            sudo apt-get update -yy && sudo apt-get install -yy moreutils libarchive-zip-perl && command -v sponge
+          fi
+      - name: Install tools on Mac
+        run: |
+          if command -v brew ; then
+            # coreutils is needed for
+            #   base32, used by convert-id.test, and
+            #   sha256sum, used download-ci-wasm.test
+            # moreutils is needed for sponge, used by network-config.test
+            brew install bash coreutils moreutils
+          fi
+      - name: docker-build prints help
+        run: ./scripts/docker-build --help | grep -i usage
+      - name: Download NNS-dapp CI wasm
+        run: |
+          MAIN_COMMIT="$(git ls-remote --refs https://github.com/dfinity/nns-dapp.git main | awk '{print $1}')"
+          scripts/nns-dapp/download-ci-wasm.test --commit "$MAIN_COMMIT"
+      - name: Test canister_ids tool
+        run: scripts/canister_ids.test
+      - name: Test release-sop script
+        run: scripts/nns-dapp/release-sop.test
+      - name: Test split-changelog script
+        run: scripts/nns-dapp/split-changelog.test
+      - name: Find unused i18n messages
+        run: scripts/unused-i18n
+      - name: Test the ID conversion script
+        run: scripts/convert-id.test
       - name: Getting network config works
         run: scripts/network-config.test
   checks-pass:
@@ -401,15 +349,10 @@ jobs:
       - release-templating-works
       - config-check
       - asset-chunking-works
-      - docker-build-cli-flags
-      - download-nns-dapp-ci-wasm
-      - canister-ids-tool
-      - release-sop
-      - split-changelog
       - minor-version-bump-works
-      - version-match
-      - network-config
       - migration-test-utils-work
+      - version-match
+      - small-tests
     if: ${{ always() }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     steps: