diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-db-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-db-tests.yml
index c44e82f82eadd..f19f066b29e5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-db-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-db-tests.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: make backend
         env:
           TAGS: bindata
-      - run: make test-pgsql-migration test-pgsql
+      - run: make test-pgsql-migration test-pgsql#TestGitAnnex
         timeout-minutes: 50
         env:
           TAGS: bindata gogit
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: make backend
         env:
           TAGS: bindata gogit sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify
-      - run: make test-sqlite-migration test-sqlite
+      - run: make test-sqlite-migration test-sqlite#TestGitAnnex
         timeout-minutes: 50
         env:
           TAGS: bindata gogit sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TAGS: bindata
       - name: run tests
-        run: make test-mysql-migration integration-test-coverage
+        run: make test-mysql-migration test-mysql#TestGitAnnex
         env:
           TAGS: bindata
           RACE_ENABLED: true
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: make backend
         env:
           TAGS: bindata
-      - run: make test-mssql-migration test-mssql
+      - run: make test-mssql-migration test-mssql#TestGitAnnex
         timeout-minutes: 50
         env:
           TAGS: bindata
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4cde42bbd8593..5f3b00cb72713 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -114,8 +114,9 @@ LDFLAGS := $(LDFLAGS) -X "main.MakeVersion=$(MAKE_VERSION)" -X "main.Version=$(G
 LINUX_ARCHS ?= linux/amd64,linux/386,linux/arm-5,linux/arm-6,linux/arm64
 
 GO_PACKAGES ?= $(filter-out code.gitea.io/gitea/tests/integration/migration-test code.gitea.io/gitea/tests code.gitea.io/gitea/tests/integration code.gitea.io/gitea/tests/e2e,$(shell $(GO) list ./... | grep -v /vendor/))
-GO_TEST_PACKAGES ?= $(filter-out $(shell $(GO) list code.gitea.io/gitea/models/migrations/...) code.gitea.io/gitea/tests/integration/migration-test code.gitea.io/gitea/tests code.gitea.io/gitea/tests/integration code.gitea.io/gitea/tests/e2e,$(shell $(GO) list ./... | grep -v /vendor/))
-
+# Only test code modified in the git-annex feature branch; upstream can handle testing the full suite.
+# This list was generated by `git diff --stat --name-only main.. -- '*.go' | xargs dirname | sort | uniq`
+GO_TEST_PACKAGES ?= code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/annex code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/base code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/git code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/private code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/setting code.gitea.io/gitea/modules/util code.gitea.io/gitea/routers/private code.gitea.io/gitea/routers/web code.gitea.io/gitea/services/auth
 FOMANTIC_WORK_DIR := web_src/fomantic
 
 WEBPACK_SOURCES := $(shell find web_src/js web_src/css -type f)