diff --git a/.github/workflows/databases.yml b/.github/workflows/databases.yml
index 60b9a865da1..a93399a7981 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/databases.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/databases.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
         repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     - name: Build
       run: |
-        cargo build --locked --features aws,scylladb
+        cargo build --locked --features aws,scylladb --all-targets
     - name: Setup local ScyllaDB instance
       run: |
         docker run --name scylladb -d -p 9042:9042 scylladb/scylla
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index dbad47188d3..3278c195d89 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -57,25 +57,19 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         cd examples
         cargo build --locked --release --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
-    - name: Compile the workspace with the default features (test)
+    - name: Compile the workspace with the default features
       run: |
-        cargo test --locked --no-run
-    - name: Compile the workspace with the default features (build)
-      run: |
-        cargo build --locked
+        cargo build --all-targets --locked
     - name: Run all tests using the default features
       run: |
         cargo test --locked
     - name: Run some extra execution tests with wasmtime
       run: |
         cargo test --locked -p linera-execution --features wasmtime
-    - name: Build Wasm test runner
-      # use debug mode to avoid building wasmtime in release mode
-      run: |
-        cargo build --locked --bin test-runner
     - name: Run Wasm application tests
       run: |
         cd examples
+        # use debug mode to avoid building wasmtime in release mode
         CARGO_TARGET_WASM32_UNKNOWN_UNKNOWN_RUNNER=../target/debug/test-runner cargo test --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
         cargo test --locked --target x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
     - name: Run Witty integration tests