diff --git a/.github/workflows/ibis-backends.yml b/.github/workflows/ibis-backends.yml
index 50d6fe3aab6a0..db9dd3496304a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ibis-backends.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ibis-backends.yml
@@ -367,29 +367,18 @@ jobs:
           IBIS_TEST_IMPALA_PORT: 21050
           IBIS_EXAMPLES_DATA: ${{ runner.temp }}/examples-${{ matrix.backend.name }}-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ steps.install_python.outputs.python-version }}
 
-      # FIXME(deepyaman): If some backend-specific test, in test_ddl.py,
-      #   executes before common tests, they will fail with:
-      #   org.apache.flink.table.api.ValidationException: Table `default_catalog`.`default_database`.`functional_alltypes` was not found.
-      #   Therefore, we run backend-specific tests second to avoid this.
       - name: "run serial tests: ${{ matrix.backend.name }}"
-        if: matrix.backend.serial && matrix.backend.name == 'flink'
-        run: |
-          just ci-check -m ${{ matrix.backend.name }} ibis/backends/tests
-          just ci-check -m ${{ matrix.backend.name }} ibis/backends/flink/tests
+        if: matrix.backend.serial
+        run: just ci-check -m ${{ matrix.backend.name }}
         env:
-          IBIS_EXAMPLES_DATA: ${{ runner.temp }}/examples-${{ matrix.backend.name }}-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ steps.install_python.outputs.python-version }}
           FLINK_REMOTE_CLUSTER_ADDR: localhost
           FLINK_REMOTE_CLUSTER_PORT: "8081"
-      #
-      - name: "run serial tests: ${{ matrix.backend.name }}"
-        if: matrix.backend.serial && matrix.backend.name != 'flink'
-        run: just ci-check -m ${{ matrix.backend.name }}
-        env:
           IBIS_EXAMPLES_DATA: ${{ runner.temp }}/examples-${{ matrix.backend.name }}-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ steps.install_python.outputs.python-version }}
 
       - name: check that no untracked files were produced
         shell: bash
-        run: git checkout poetry.lock pyproject.toml && ! git status --porcelain | tee /dev/stderr | grep .
+        run: |
+          ! git status --porcelain | tee /dev/stderr | grep .
 
       - name: upload code coverage
         if: success()