diff --git a/.github/workflows/notebook-images.yml b/.github/workflows/notebook-images.yml
index 5255c17..4aa0e55 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/notebook-images.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/notebook-images.yml
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Generate notebooks
         run: |
           python3 -m pip install .
-          python3 -m pip install jupytext nbconvert ipykernel matplotlib pandas
-          python3 examples/generate_notebooks.py
+          python3 -m pip install jupytext nbconvert ipykernel matplotlib
+          python3 examples/generate_notebooks.py --skip "dirichlet_weak_imposition,simple_helmholtz_fem_bem_coupling_dolfin,opencl_benchmarks"
 
       - name: Push to GitHub
         run: |
diff --git a/examples/generate_notebooks.py b/examples/generate_notebooks.py
index a1a8fa3..d74f35c 100644
--- a/examples/generate_notebooks.py
+++ b/examples/generate_notebooks.py
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Generate Bempp notebooks")
 parser.add_argument('--run', metavar="run", default="true")
+parser.add_argument('--skip', metavar="skip", default="")
 
 args = parser.parse_args()
 assert args.run in ["true", "false"]
 run_notebooks = (args.run == "true")
+if args.skip == "":
+    skip = []
+else:
+    skip = args.skip.split(",")
 
 # Get all the examples in each folder
 notebook_dir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(__file__)), "notebooks")
@@ -44,11 +49,7 @@
             assert os.system(f"jupytext --to ipynb {file_copy}") == 0
             assert os.system(f"rm {file_copy}") == 0
 
-            # Skip examples that use fmm or legacy FEniCS
-            if run_notebooks and i[:-3] not in [
-                "dirichlet_weak_imposition",
-                "simple_helmholtz_fem_bem_coupling_dolfin",
-            ]:
+            if run_notebooks and i[:-3] not in skip:
                 assert os.system(
                     "jupyter nbconvert --execute --to notebook --inplace "
                     + os.path.join(path, f"convert-{i[:-3]}.ipynb")