diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 28f3358c..cbd4e51e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           update_packager_index: false
           install_ccache: true
+      - name: "Pip3 installing pylint + cpplint . . ."
+        run: |
+          pip3 install pylint cpplint
+      - name: "Running pylint and cpplint . . ."
+        run: |
+          python -m pylint setup.py tests/*.py libsemigroups_pybind11/*.py
+          python -m cpplint src/*.hpp src/*.cpp
       - name: "Install libsemigroups . . ."
         run: |
           git clone --depth 1 --branch v3 https://github.com/libsemigroups/libsemigroups.git
@@ -62,13 +69,6 @@ jobs:
           etc/make-doc.sh  # so that all files are generated!
           cd docs
           python -m sphinx -b doctest -d _build/doctrees source _build/doctest
-      - name: "Pip3 installing pylint + cpplint . . ."
-        run: |
-          pip3 install pylint cpplint
-      - name: "Running pylint and cpplint . . ."
-        run: |
-          python -m pylint setup.py tests/*.py libsemigroups_pybind11/*.py
-          python -m cpplint src/*.hpp src/*.cpp
   macosx:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -93,13 +93,20 @@ jobs:
           echo "PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$MAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX/envs/libsemigroups/lib/pkgconfig:$MAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX/envs/libsemigroups/share/pkgconfig:/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$MAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX/envs/libsemigroups/lib:/usr/local/lib" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "PATH=$MAMBA_ROOT_PREFIX/envs/libsemigroups/bin:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: "Install libsemigroups dependencies . . ."
-        run: brew install autoconf automake libtool
       - name: "Setup ccache . . ."
         uses: Chocobo1/setup-ccache-action@v1
         with:
           update_packager_index: false
           install_ccache: true
+      - name: "Pip3 installing pylint + cpplint . . ."
+        run: |
+          pip3 install pylint cpplint
+      - name: "Running pylint and cpplint . . ."
+        run: |
+          python -m pylint setup.py tests/*.py libsemigroups_pybind11/*.py
+          python -m cpplint src/*.hpp src/*.cpp
+      - name: "Install libsemigroups dependencies . . ."
+        run: brew install autoconf automake libtool
       - name: "Install libsemigroups . . ."
         run: |
           git clone --depth 1 --branch v3 https://github.com/libsemigroups/libsemigroups.git
@@ -127,10 +134,3 @@ jobs:
           etc/make-doc.sh  # so that all files are generated!
           cd docs
           python -m sphinx -b doctest -d _build/doctrees source _build/doctest
-      - name: "Pip3 installing pylint + cpplint . . ."
-        run: |
-          pip3 install pylint cpplint
-      - name: "Running pylint and cpplint . . ."
-        run: |
-          python -m pylint setup.py tests/*.py libsemigroups_pybind11/*.py
-          python -m cpplint src/*.hpp src/*.cpp