diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 521b2397..0b409956 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -43,17 +43,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           cache-read-only: ${{ github.event_name != 'push' || github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' }}
 
-      - name: Spotless Check
-          # Spotless must run in a different invocation, because
-          # it has some weird Gradle configuration/variant issue
-        if: ${{ matrix.java-version == '21' }}
-        run: ./gradlew spotlessCheck --scan
-
       - name: Build
         run: >
           ./gradlew --rerun-tasks ${{ env.ADDITIONAL_GRADLE_OPTS }}
           assemble check publishToMavenLocal
-          -x jmh -x spotlessCheck -x testNative
           --scan
 
       - name: Quarkus native smoke
@@ -65,9 +58,6 @@ jobs:
         # because these tasks intentionally do not depend on the publishToMavenLocal tasks.
         run: ./gradlew buildToolIntegrations
 
-      - name: Microbenchmarks
-        run: ./gradlew jmh
-
       - name: Capture test results
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@043fb46d1a93c77aae656e7c1c64a875d1fc6a0a # v7
         if: failure()
diff --git a/core/build.gradle.kts b/core/build.gradle.kts
index 52175403..9f417444 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -102,6 +102,4 @@ sourceSets.test {
 
 tasks.named("compileJava") { dependsOn(generateCelGrammar) }
 
-tasks.named("check") { dependsOn(tasks.named("jmh")) }
-
 tasks.named("assemble") { dependsOn(tasks.named("jmhJar")) }
diff --git a/jackson/build.gradle.kts b/jackson/build.gradle.kts
index 20112b20..bfc132a8 100644
--- a/jackson/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/jackson/build.gradle.kts
@@ -51,6 +51,4 @@ dependencies {
 
 jmh { jmhVersion.set(libs.versions.jmh.get()) }
 
-tasks.named("check") { dependsOn(tasks.named("jmh")) }
-
 tasks.named("assemble") { dependsOn(tasks.named("jmhJar")) }
diff --git a/jackson3/build.gradle.kts b/jackson3/build.gradle.kts
index 3dc4bb58..e99ca0f1 100644
--- a/jackson3/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/jackson3/build.gradle.kts
@@ -51,6 +51,4 @@ dependencies {
 
 jmh { jmhVersion.set(libs.versions.jmh.get()) }
 
-tasks.named("check") { dependsOn(tasks.named("jmh")) }
-
 tasks.named("assemble") { dependsOn(tasks.named("jmhJar")) }