diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-docs.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-docs.yml
index e2689d4df..6d3f4ecea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/prepare-docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-docs.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,11 @@ jobs:
             docs/source/_images
             docs/source/code_examples
 
+      - name: Test build docs
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          make docs -j${{ env.procs }} TARGETS= EXTRA_TARGETS=
+
       - name: Trigger RTDs build
         if: ${{ needs.check_docs_rebuild.outputs.docs_export == 'true' }}
         uses: dfm/rtds-action@v1.1.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-build.yml b/.github/workflows/test-build.yml
index 1502d8aa0..e5aed6af3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-build.yml
@@ -189,8 +189,3 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           make -C docs test -j${{ env.procs }}
-
-      - name: Test build docs
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          make docs -j${{ env.procs }} TARGETS= EXTRA_TARGETS=