diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml b/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml
index 8366b4ad56..efa0fb666e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.d/macos.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     - cd build
     - ../configure --enable-werror $CONFIGURE_ARGS || { cat config.log meson-logs/meson-log.txt; exit 1; }
     - $MAKE -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu)
-    - for TARGET in $TEST_BINARIES ; do $MAKE $TARGET ; done
     - for TARGET in $TEST_TARGETS ; do $MAKE $TARGET ; done
 
 aarch64-macos-15-build:
@@ -45,8 +44,7 @@ aarch64-macos-15-build:
         --cross-prefix-i386=i686-elf-
         --cross-prefix-x86_64=x86_64-elf-
         --disable-plugins
-    TEST_BINARIES: qemu-system-aarch64 qemu-system-i386 qemu-system-x86_64
-    TEST_TARGETS: check-unit run-tcg-tests-aarch64-softmmu run-tcg-tests-i386-softmmu run-tcg-tests-x86_64-softmmu
+    TEST_TARGETS: check-unit check-tcg
 
 aarch64-macos-26-build:
   extends: .macos_job_template
@@ -62,5 +60,4 @@ aarch64-macos-26-build:
         --cross-prefix-i386=i686-elf-
         --cross-prefix-x86_64=x86_64-elf-
         --disable-plugins
-    TEST_BINARIES: qemu-system-aarch64 qemu-system-i386 qemu-system-x86_64
-    TEST_TARGETS: check-unit run-tcg-tests-aarch64-softmmu run-tcg-tests-i386-softmmu run-tcg-tests-x86_64-softmmu
+    TEST_TARGETS: check-unit check-tcg