diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 50d83ecdfbc..8602f1fb954 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -4,5 +4,8 @@
 **/tests/fixtures/**/*.sh text crlf=input	eol=lf
 /justfile text crlf=input	eol=lf
 
+# have GitHub include fixture-making scripts when it counts code
+**/tests/fixtures/**/*.sh linguist-vendored=false
+
 # have GitHub treat the gix-packetline-blocking src copy as auto-generated
 gix-packetline-blocking/src/ linguist-generated=true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e27397b6f9c..d60d50308fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -12,29 +12,9 @@ on:
       - '**/run-ci/**'
     tags-ignore:
       - '*'
-    paths:
-      - '.github/**'
-      - 'ci/**'
-      - 'etc/**'
-      - 'src/**'
-      - 'tests/**'
-      - 'cargo-*/**'
-      - 'gix*/**'
-      - '*.toml'
-      - Makefile
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - main
-    paths:
-      - '.github/**'
-      - 'ci/**'
-      - 'etc/**'
-      - 'src/**'
-      - 'tests/**'
-      - 'cargo-*/**'
-      - 'gix*/**'
-      - '*.toml'
-      - Makefile
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs: