diff --git a/.github/workflows/bn-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/bn-tests.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index da26d678..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/bn-tests.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-name: CI (BN)
-
-on:
-  push:
-    # TODO: change this
-    branches: [ binja-ci ]
-
-jobs:
-  tests:
-    name: Tests in ${{ matrix.python-version }} on ${{ matrix.os }}
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04]
-        # across all operating systems
-        python-version: ["3.7", "3.11"]
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout capa with submodules
-      uses: actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c # v3.3.0
-      with:
-        submodules: recursive
-    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@d27e3f3d7c64b4bbf8e4abfb9b63b83e846e0435 # v4.5.0
-      with:
-        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-    - name: Install pyyaml
-      run: sudo apt-get install -y libyaml-dev
-    - name: Install capa
-      run: pip install -e .[dev]
-
-    - name: install Binary Ninja
-      env:
-        BN_SERIAL: ${{ secrets.BN_SERIAL }}
-      run: |
-        mkdir ./.github/binja
-        curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Vector35/binaryninja-api/6812c97/scripts/download_headless.py" -o ./.github/binja/download_headless.py
-        python ./.github/binja/download_headless.py --serial $BN_SERIAL --output .github/binja/BinaryNinja-headless.zip
-        unzip .github/binja/BinaryNinja-headless.zip -d .github/binja/
-        python .github/binja/binaryninja/scripts/install_api.py --install-on-root --silent
-    - name: Run tests
-      env:
-        BN_LICENSE: ${{ secrets.BN_LICENSE }}
-      run: pytest --capture=no --log-cli-level=WARN -v tests/test_binja_features.py
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index e60eb4e5..6ee5f534 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -90,3 +90,37 @@ jobs:
       run: pip install -e .[dev]
     - name: Run tests
       run: pytest -v tests/
+
+  binja-tests:
+    name: Binary Ninja tests for ${{ matrix.python-version }} on ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: ["3.7", "3.11"]
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout capa with submodules
+      uses: actions/checkout@ac593985615ec2ede58e132d2e21d2b1cbd6127c # v3.3.0
+      with:
+        submodules: recursive
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@d27e3f3d7c64b4bbf8e4abfb9b63b83e846e0435 # v4.5.0
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install pyyaml
+      run: sudo apt-get install -y libyaml-dev
+    - name: Install capa
+      run: pip install -e .[dev]
+    - name: install Binary Ninja
+      env:
+        BN_SERIAL: ${{ secrets.BN_SERIAL }}
+      run: |
+        mkdir ./.github/binja
+        curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Vector35/binaryninja-api/6812c97/scripts/download_headless.py" -o ./.github/binja/download_headless.py
+        python ./.github/binja/download_headless.py --serial $BN_SERIAL --output .github/binja/BinaryNinja-headless.zip
+        unzip .github/binja/BinaryNinja-headless.zip -d .github/binja/
+        python .github/binja/binaryninja/scripts/install_api.py --install-on-root --silent
+    - name: Run tests
+      env:
+        BN_LICENSE: ${{ secrets.BN_LICENSE }}
+      run: pytest -v tests/test_binja_features.py  # explicitly refer to the binja tests for performance. other tests run above.