diff --git a/.github/workflows/core.yml b/.github/workflows/core.yml
index 1baac22ad..ba2a9ea6b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/core.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/core.yml
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ jobs:
       if: runner.os == 'macos'
       run: |
         brew update
-        brew install autoconf automake pybind11 virtualenv
+        brew install autoconf automake
 
     - name: Setup environment (Linux)
       if: runner.os == 'Linux'
       run: |
-        sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends build-essential pybind11-dev virtualenv python3-dev
+        sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends build-essential
 
     #- name: Setup libfec
     #  run: git clone https://github.com/jgaeddert/libfec.git && cd libfec && ./configure && make && sudo make install
@@ -41,13 +41,6 @@ jobs:
     - name: make
       run: make -j 2
 
-    - name: make check-doc
-      run: |
-        python3 -m venv /tmp/liquid
-        source /tmp/liquid/bin/activate
-        pip install pybind11 numpy matplotlib
-        make check-doc
-
     - name: make check
       run: make -j 2 check
 
@@ -60,3 +53,34 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: make check-link
       run: make check-link
+
+  python:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        runs-on: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
+
+    name: "💦 ${{ matrix.runs-on }}"
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
+    needs: standard
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Setup environment (macOS)
+      if: runner.os == 'macos'
+      run: |
+        brew update
+        brew install pybind11 virtualenv
+
+    - name: Setup environment (Linux)
+      if: runner.os == 'Linux'
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends pybind11-dev virtualenv python3-dev
+
+    - name: python
+      run: |
+        python3 -m venv /tmp/liquid
+        source /tmp/liquid/bin/activate
+        pip install pybind11 numpy matplotlib
+        make python
+        make check-python
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/python.yml b/.github/workflows/python.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 232854022..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/python.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-name: Python CI
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  pull_request:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-      - bind-dev
-      - v*
-
-jobs:
-  standard:
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        runs-on: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
-        #python: [3.8, 3.9]
-
-    name: "💦  ${{ matrix.runs-on }}" # • 🐍 ${{ matrix.python }}
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
-
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-    #- name: Setup Python ${{ matrix.python }}
-    #  uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-    #  with:
-    #    python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
-
-    - name: Setup pybind-dev (Linux)
-      if: runner.os == 'Linux'
-      run: sudo apt-get install pybind11-dev
-
-    - name: Setup pybind-dev (macOS)
-      if: runner.os == 'macOS'
-      run: brew install pybind11
-
-    - name: Setup python dependencies (pip)
-      run: sudo -H python3 -m pip install pybind11 numpy matplotlib
-
-    - name: bootstrap
-      run: ./bootstrap.sh
-
-    - name: configure
-      run: ./configure
-
-    - name: make python
-      run: make -j 2 python
-
-    - name: make check-python
-      run: make check-python
-
-    - name: make check-bind
-      run: make -j 2 check-bind
-