diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b08b3dbcf2..f61d514727 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -418,14 +418,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run app unit tests
         run: npm run test --workspace=@getpaseo/app
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
-        with:
-          distribution: temurin
-          java-version: "21"
-
-      - name: Run Android module tests
-        run: npm run test:android --workspace=@getpaseo/app
-
   playwright-1:
     name: playwright (shard 1/8)
     needs: changes
diff --git a/docs/android.md b/docs/android.md
index 5a59eedaa4..546ba92a3e 100644
--- a/docs/android.md
+++ b/docs/android.md
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ The older `android`, `android:development`, and `ios` commands remain aliases fo
 `android:production` still builds and installs a release through Expo; use `build:apk` when you
 need an artifact. `android:clear` removes the generated Android project.
 
-Run `npm run test:android --workspace=@getpaseo/app` to prebuild Android and run native module unit tests. The app CI job runs this command with the Android toolchain.
+Run `npm run test:android --workspace=@getpaseo/app` explicitly with a local Android toolchain to prebuild Android and run native module unit tests. Ordinary CI does not prebuild Android or run these tests.
 
 ### Diagnostic logs without ADB
 
diff --git a/scripts/ci-workflow.test.mjs b/scripts/ci-workflow.test.mjs
index c7e631c529..37508cad7d 100644
--- a/scripts/ci-workflow.test.mjs
+++ b/scripts/ci-workflow.test.mjs
@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ test("focused contracts stay inside existing required checks", () => {
   assert.ok(!jobs.has("playwright-desktop"));
 });
 
+test("ordinary CI keeps app tests without prebuilding Android modules", () => {
+  const source = readFileSync(ciWorkflowPath, "utf8");
+  const app = jobBlocks(source).get("app-tests").join("\n");
+  assert.match(app, /npm run build:app-deps/);
+  assert.match(app, /npm run test --workspace=@getpaseo\/app/);
+  assert.doesNotMatch(source, /test:android|expo prebuild|gradlew|actions\/setup-java/);
+});
+
 test("server builds exclude test utilities at every domain depth", () => {
   const tsconfig = JSON.parse(readFileSync(serverTsconfigPath, "utf8"));
   assert.ok(tsconfig.exclude.includes("src/server/**/test-utils/**"));