diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check-no-suggests.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check-no-suggests.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c06bf8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check-no-suggests.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# Workflow derived from https://github.com/r-lib/actions/tree/v2/examples
+# Need help debugging build failures? Start at https://github.com/r-lib/actions#where-to-find-help
+#
+# NOTE: This workflow only directly installs "hard" dependencies, i.e. Depends,
+# Imports, and LinkingTo dependencies. Notably, Suggests dependencies are never
+# installed, with the exception of testthat, knitr, and rmarkdown. The cache is
+# never used to avoid accidentally restoring a cache containing a suggested
+# dependency.
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main, master]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main, master]
+
+name: R-CMD-check-no-suggests.yaml
+
+permissions: read-all
+
+jobs:
+  check-no-suggests:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.config.os }}
+
+    name: ${{ matrix.config.os }} (${{ matrix.config.r }})
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        config:
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,   r: 'release'}
+
+    env:
+      GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      R_KEEP_PKG_SOURCE: yes
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-pandoc@v2
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r@v2
+        with:
+          r-version: ${{ matrix.config.r }}
+          http-user-agent: ${{ matrix.config.http-user-agent }}
+          use-public-rspm: true
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/setup-r-dependencies@v2
+        with:
+          dependencies: '"hard"'
+          cache: false
+          extra-packages: |
+            any::rcmdcheck
+            any::testthat
+            any::knitr
+            any::rmarkdown
+          needs: check
+
+      - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
+        with:
+          upload-snapshots: true
+          build_args: 'c("--no-manual","--compact-vignettes=gs+qpdf")'
diff --git a/R/leave_var_out_formulas.R b/R/leave_var_out_formulas.R
index b7741ca..cf43e2e 100644
--- a/R/leave_var_out_formulas.R
+++ b/R/leave_var_out_formulas.R
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 #'
 #' Factor predictors are left as-is (i.e., no indicator variables are created).
 #'
-#' @examples
+#' @examplesIf rlang::is_installed("modeldata")
 #' data(penguins, package = "modeldata")
 #'
 #' leave_var_out_formulas(
diff --git a/README.Rmd b/README.Rmd
index ac4e21e..af5e3c7 100644
--- a/README.Rmd
+++ b/README.Rmd
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ knitr::opts_chunk$set(
 
 <!-- badges: start -->
 [![R-CMD-check](https://github.com/tidymodels/workflowsets/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/tidymodels/workflowsets/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml)
+[![R-CMD-check-no-suggests](https://github.com/tidymodels/workflowsets/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check-no-suggests.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/tidymodels/workflowsets/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check-no-suggests.yaml)
 [![Codecov test coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/tidymodels/workflowsets/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/tidymodels/workflowsets?branch=main)
 [![Lifecycle](https://img.shields.io/badge/lifecycle-experimental-orange.svg)](https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html)
 <!-- badges: end -->
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d3ef5aa..4676c2b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 <!-- badges: start -->
 
 [![R-CMD-check](https://github.com/tidymodels/workflowsets/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/tidymodels/workflowsets/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml)
+[![R-CMD-check-no-suggests](https://github.com/tidymodels/workflowsets/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check-no-suggests.yaml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/tidymodels/workflowsets/actions/workflows/R-CMD-check-no-suggests.yaml)
 [![Codecov test
 coverage](https://codecov.io/gh/tidymodels/workflowsets/branch/main/graph/badge.svg)](https://app.codecov.io/gh/tidymodels/workflowsets?branch=main)
 [![Lifecycle](https://img.shields.io/badge/lifecycle-experimental-orange.svg)](https://lifecycle.r-lib.org/articles/stages.html)
diff --git a/man/leave_var_out_formulas.Rd b/man/leave_var_out_formulas.Rd
index 8798174..14c6bdb 100644
--- a/man/leave_var_out_formulas.Rd
+++ b/man/leave_var_out_formulas.Rd
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ such terms).
 Factor predictors are left as-is (i.e., no indicator variables are created).
 }
 \examples{
+\dontshow{if (rlang::is_installed("modeldata")) (if (getRversion() >= "3.4") withAutoprint else force)(\{ # examplesIf}
 data(penguins, package = "modeldata")
 
 leave_var_out_formulas(
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ leave_var_out_formulas(
     I(flipper_length_mm^2),
   data = penguins
 )
+\dontshow{\}) # examplesIf}
 }
 \seealso{
 \code{\link[=workflow_set]{workflow_set()}}
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-collect-predictions.R b/tests/testthat/test-collect-predictions.R
index fa5aa0f..1c06d58 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-collect-predictions.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-collect-predictions.R
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 skip_on_cran()
+skip_if_not_installed("kknn")
+skip_if_not_installed("modeldata")
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-extract.R b/tests/testthat/test-extract.R
index 6b31743..98b9a6b 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-extract.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-extract.R
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+skip_if_not_installed(c("kknn", "modeldata"))
+
 library(parsnip)
 library(rsample)
 library(recipes)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-fit_best.R b/tests/testthat/test-fit_best.R
index 16350b4..c944018 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-fit_best.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-fit_best.R
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+skip_if_not_installed("kknn")
+skip_if_not_installed("modeldata")
+
 test_that("fit_best fits with correct hyperparameters", {
   skip_on_cran()
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-updates.R b/tests/testthat/test-updates.R
index fa883ad..5116cae 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-updates.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-updates.R
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+skip_if_not_installed("kknn")
+skip_if_not_installed("modeldata")
+
 library(parsnip)
 library(recipes)
 library(hardhat)
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-workflow-map.R b/tests/testthat/test-workflow-map.R
index cf2b83a..e685651 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-workflow-map.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-workflow-map.R
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+skip_if_not_installed("kknn")
+skip_if_not_installed("modeldata")
+
 library(parsnip)
 suppressPackageStartupMessages(library(rsample))
 suppressPackageStartupMessages(library(tune))
@@ -81,8 +84,6 @@ test_that("map logging", {
   )
 })
 
-
-
 test_that("missing packages", {
   skip_if(rlang::is_installed("glmnet"))
   car_set_2 <-
diff --git a/vignettes/evaluating-different-predictor-sets.Rmd b/vignettes/evaluating-different-predictor-sets.Rmd
index c2bf6f2..6681f46 100644
--- a/vignettes/evaluating-different-predictor-sets.Rmd
+++ b/vignettes/evaluating-different-predictor-sets.Rmd
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ vignette: >
 ```{r, include = FALSE}
 knitr::opts_chunk$set(
   collapse = TRUE,
+  eval = rlang::is_installed(c("modeldata", "recipes")),
   comment = "#>"
 )
 library(parsnip)