diff --git a/rust-toolchain.toml b/rust-toolchain.toml
index 7b98babb0e..b4b468dac3 100644
--- a/rust-toolchain.toml
+++ b/rust-toolchain.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 [toolchain]
 channel = "nightly-2022-08-08"
-components = ["rustfmt-preview", "rustc-dev", "rust-src"]
+components = ["clippy", "rustfmt-preview", "rustc-dev", "rust-src"]
diff --git a/scripts/run_ci_checks.sh b/scripts/run_ci_checks.sh
index 23e5c90828..81486402f6 100755
--- a/scripts/run_ci_checks.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_ci_checks.sh
@@ -14,12 +14,11 @@ fmt() {
     cargo fmt --check
 }
 
-# Soon to be superceded by the commented out `cargo clippy` below.
 # This is different from `cargo build`
-# as this uses `--all-features` to check everything.
+# as this uses `--all-features` to check everything,
+# and runs extra `clippy` checks.
 check() {
-    cargo check --tests --all-features
-    # cargo clippy --tests --all-features
+    cargo clippy --tests --all-features
 }
 
 doc() {