diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/test/tezt.yml b/.gitlab/ci/test/tezt.yml
index efb255f10c8c49d7b19cb0531924bd00d68e1cdb..f64cc2bd47f877773e10c75bf2d9b0ad9749ad24 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/test/tezt.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/test/tezt.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     # certain tests can be blacklisted by adding it to this variable
     when: always
   script:
+    # Note: the following line is copy-pasted in tezt:static-binaries.
     - dune exec tezt/tests/main.exe -- $TESTS --color --log-buffer-size 5000 --log-file tezt.log --global-timeout 1800 --on-unknown-regression-files fail --junit $JUNIT --from-record tezt/records --job $CI_NODE_INDEX/$CI_NODE_TOTAL --record tezt-results-$CI_NODE_INDEX.json -j 4 --retry 1
     - ./scripts/ci/merge_coverage.sh
 
@@ -35,17 +36,32 @@ tezt:
 # these are tezt tests as above, but run using the static binaries
 tezt:static-binaries:
   extends:
-    - .integration_template
+    # Expansion of .integration_template but without coverage
+    # and without the call to "make all".
+    - .default_settings_template
+    - .image_template__runtime_build_test_dependencies_template
+    - .rules_template__development
     - .tezt_template
   dependencies:
+    # Fetch src/proto_*/parameters/*.json from build_x86_64
+    - build_x86_64
+    # And fetch the static executables from build:static
     - build:static-x86_64-linux-binaries
   needs:
+    - build_x86_64
     - build:static-x86_64-linux-binaries
   # WARNING: if you increase the number of parallel jobs, you need to
   # update test_coverage.yml with the new list of jobs.
   parallel: 2
   variables:
     TESTS: "cli"
+  before_script:
+    - mv tezos-binaries/x86_64/tezos-* .
+  # Override script from .tezt_template to disable coverage reports.
+  # Note that the set of tests that are run for static executables
+  # is a subset, so this should not reduce apparent coverage.
+  script:
+    - dune exec tezt/tests/main.exe -- $TESTS --color --log-buffer-size 5000 --log-file tezt.log --global-timeout 1800 --on-unknown-regression-files fail --junit $JUNIT --from-record tezt/records --job $CI_NODE_INDEX/$CI_NODE_TOTAL --record tezt-results-$CI_NODE_INDEX.json -j 4 --retry 1
 
 # Long Tezt tests are not ran in the CI, but we want them to type-check so that
 # they can be built in the performance regression test framework executors.
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/test_coverage.yml b/.gitlab/ci/test_coverage.yml
index 2f4217ccda4335e52d3c6a69033ba4fe2e3dc7c8..ecac7f8998ae1b31626a7f2b7285fc7bfdd5afbd 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/test_coverage.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/test_coverage.yml
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ unified_coverage:
     - "tezt 13/15"
     - "tezt 14/15"
     - "tezt 15/15"
-    - "tezt:static-binaries 1/2"
-    - "tezt:static-binaries 2/2"
     - "unit:012_Psithaca: [proto_012_Psithaca]"
     - "unit:012_Psithaca: [proto_012_Psithaca__lib_protocol__1]"
     - "unit:012_Psithaca: [proto_012_Psithaca__lib_protocol__2]"