diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/jobs/build/x86_64.yml b/.gitlab/ci/jobs/build/x86_64.yml
index 70918fd9280d117cd13dcce68f84ea8486d552ce..e11e19d5b7b2a1a948d96e57ef8dc3ca11db9da1 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/jobs/build/x86_64.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/jobs/build/x86_64.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,27 @@
 include: .gitlab/ci/jobs/build/common.yml
 
-build_x86_64:
+.build_x86_64:
   extends:
     - .build
-    # This job is the main bottleneck since a lot of tests depend on it.
-    # So we start it even before sanity_ci.
+    # These job are the main bottleneck since a lot of tests depend on
+    # them.  So we start them even before sanity_ci.
   needs: [trigger]
   variables:
     ARCH: "x86_64"
+
+# The build_x86_64 jobs are split in two to keep the artifact size
+# under the 1GB hard limit set by GitLab.
+# 'build_x86_64-released' builds the released executables.
+build_x86_64-released:
+  extends: .build_x86_64
+  variables:
+    EXECUTABLE_FILES: "script-inputs/released-executables"
+
+# 'build_x86_64-exp-dev-extra' builds the developer and experimental
+# executables, as well as the tezt test suite used by the subsequent
+# 'tezt' jobs and TPS evaluation tool.
+build_x86_64-exp-dev-extra:
+  extends: .build_x86_64
+  variables:
+    EXECUTABLE_FILES: "script-inputs/experimental-executables script-inputs/dev-executables"
+    BUILD_EXTRA: "src/bin_tps_evaluation/main_tps_evaluation.exe tezt/tests/main.exe"
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/jobs/test/check_scripts.yml b/.gitlab/ci/jobs/test/check_scripts.yml
index c65b4f050531889391bf8996a827f4f995021d34..90c769016cb76d425c590f323944bc21131ac423 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/jobs/test/check_scripts.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/jobs/test/check_scripts.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ script:snapshot_alpha_and_link:
   stage: test
   before_script:
     - . ./scripts/version.sh
-  needs: ["build_x86_64"]
+  needs:
+    - "build_x86_64-released"
+    - "build_x86_64-exp-dev-extra"
   script:
     - make -C ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.gitlab/ci integration-test-snapshot-alpha-and-link
   rules:
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/jobs/test/common.yml b/.gitlab/ci/jobs/test/common.yml
index b79fdf13aa3f6002a720e58a4b994113fc8da1a9..8a6e9590f4e20240acd9e945e119e054df50f0fa 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/jobs/test/common.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/jobs/test/common.yml
@@ -34,8 +34,15 @@
     - .test_template
     - .image_template__runtime_build_e2etest_dependencies_template
     - .template__coverage_files
-  dependencies: ["build_x86_64", "tezt:fetch-records"]
+  dependencies:
+    - "build_x86_64-released"
+    - "build_x86_64-exp-dev-extra"
+    - "tezt:fetch-records"
   # Start immediately after 'build_x86_64' and don't wait for
   # intermediate stages to succeed
-  needs: ["build_x86_64", "tezt:fetch-records"]
+  needs:
+    - "build_x86_64-released"
+    - "build_x86_64-exp-dev-extra"
+    - "tezt:fetch-records"
+
 
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/jobs/test/tezt.yml b/.gitlab/ci/jobs/test/tezt.yml
index 3b6e8bcbef82186b8e6cc7f8144f5ead3d2701c6..7b54fa873ca74b6c8430f39476445bfb6dd8ba08 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/jobs/test/tezt.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/jobs/test/tezt.yml
@@ -43,11 +43,13 @@ tezt:
     # the individual test for the disabling rationale.
     TESTS: "/ci_disable"
   dependencies:
-    - "build_x86_64"
+    - "build_x86_64-released"
+    - "build_x86_64-exp-dev-extra"
     - "build_kernels"
     - "tezt:fetch-records"
   needs:
-    - "build_x86_64"
+    - "build_x86_64-released"
+    - "build_x86_64-exp-dev-extra"
     - "build_kernels"
     - "tezt:fetch-records"
   # WARNING: if you increase the number of parallel jobs, you need to
@@ -62,13 +64,13 @@ tezt:static-binaries:
     - .image_template__runtime_build_test_dependencies_template
     - .tezt_template
   dependencies:
-    # Fetch src/proto_*/parameters/*.json from build_x86_64
-    - build_x86_64
+    # Fetch src/proto_*/parameters/*.json from build_x86_64-released
+    - build_x86_64-released
     # And fetch the static executables from build:static
     - build:static-x86_64-linux-binaries
     - tezt:fetch-records
   needs:
-    - build_x86_64
+    - build_x86_64-released
     - build:static-x86_64-linux-binaries
     - tezt:fetch-records
   # WARNING: if you increase the number of parallel jobs, you need to
diff --git a/.gitlab/ci/jobs/test/unit.yml b/.gitlab/ci/jobs/test/unit.yml
index 69b68667ae54a5a829e34697242bd4fd4726275f..b0d023aa8f086b1545085cedd7f3318c16e6bfc8 100644
--- a/.gitlab/ci/jobs/test/unit.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/ci/jobs/test/unit.yml
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
 
 .unit_test_template_x86_64:
   extends: .unit_test_template
-  needs: ["build_x86_64"]
+  needs:
+    - "build_x86_64-released"
+    - "build_x86_64-exp-dev-extra"
   variables:
     ARCH: "x86_64"
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 23cc7b3ba4e7961aa893349ed05ff532434d245b..3ebeff1fdfb530290caf3a825ba6e2126ce66d25 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -38,13 +38,15 @@ EXPERIMENTAL_EXECUTABLES := $(shell cat script-inputs/experimental-executables)
 # are not useful for users.
 # - scripts/snapshot_alpha.sh expects octez-protocol-compiler to be at the root.
 # - Some tests expect octez-snoop to be at the root.
-DEV_EXECUTABLES := octez-protocol-compiler octez-snoop
+DEV_EXECUTABLES := $(shell cat script-inputs/dev-executables)
 
 ALL_EXECUTABLES := $(RELEASED_EXECUTABLES) $(EXPERIMENTAL_EXECUTABLES) $(DEV_EXECUTABLES)
 
 # Set of Dune targets to build, in addition to OCTEZ_EXECUTABLES, in
-# the `build` target's Dune invocation.
-BUILD_EXTRA :=
+# the `build` target's Dune invocation. This is used in the CI to
+# build the TPS evaluation tool and the Tezt test suite in the
+# 'build_x86_64-dev-exp-misc' job.
+BUILD_EXTRA ?=
 
 # See first mention of TEZOS_WITHOUT_OPAM.
 ifndef TEZOS_WITHOUT_OPAM
@@ -91,8 +93,9 @@ endif
 # This is more efficient than 'make octez-node octez-client'
 # because it only calls 'dune' once.
 #
-# Targets 'all', 'release', 'experimental-release', 'static' and 'all-extras' define different
-# default lists of executables to build but they all can be overridden from the command-line.
+# Targets 'all', 'release', 'experimental-release' and 'static' define
+# different default lists of executables to build but they all can be
+# overridden from the command-line.
 .PHONY: all
 all:
 	@$(MAKE) build OCTEZ_EXECUTABLES?="$(ALL_EXECUTABLES)"
@@ -105,13 +108,6 @@ release:
 experimental-release:
 	@$(MAKE) build PROFILE=release OCTEZ_EXECUTABLES?="$(RELEASED_EXECUTABLES) $(EXPERIMENTAL_EXECUTABLES)"
 
-# all-extras is targetted by the CI build jobs 'x86_64' and 'arm64',
-# and builds test executables in addition to the default set of
-# executables.
-.PHONY: all-extras
-all-extras:
-	@$(MAKE) all BUILD_EXTRA="src/bin_tps_evaluation tezt/tests/main.exe"
-
 .PHONY: strip
 strip: all
 	@chmod +w $(ALL_EXECUTABLES)
diff --git a/script-inputs/dev-executables b/script-inputs/dev-executables
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..809b24b55955a758341589d474870425e00e5940
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script-inputs/dev-executables
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+octez-protocol-compiler
+octez-snoop
diff --git a/scripts/ci/build_full_unreleased.sh b/scripts/ci/build_full_unreleased.sh
index c59062c5dccc8f6c809f7fc8cfbc531864f15a59..7faba65bc33835a0f16b9be379a364990749ab86 100755
--- a/scripts/ci/build_full_unreleased.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci/build_full_unreleased.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/sh
+
 set -eu
 
 if [ -z "${build_deps_image_name}" ]; then echo "build_deps_image_name is unset" && exit 3; fi
@@ -20,15 +21,27 @@ diff poetry.lock /home/tezos/poetry.lock
 diff pyproject.toml /home/tezos/pyproject.toml
 
 # 2. Actually build.
-#    Build the 'all-extras' target instead of the default, which also
-#    build the tps evaluation tool which is not part of the default
-#    build, and the tezt main entrypoint for integration tests.
 #    NOTE: This makes one call to `dune build`, as calling `dune`
 #    several time would otherwise need to reconstruct its rules. Do
 #    not split this invocation.
 #    NOTE: This ensure that $COVERAGE_OPTIONS is used consistently.
-make all-extras
 
-# 3. Strip the built binaries
-chmod +w octez-* _build/default/tezt/tests/main.exe _build/default/src/lib_protocol_compiler/bin/main_native.exe
-strip -s octez-* _build/default/tezt/tests/main.exe _build/default/src/lib_protocol_compiler/bin/main_native.exe
+# EXECUTABLE_FILES may contain multiple paths and so must be split.
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+OCTEZ_EXECUTABLES="$(cat $EXECUTABLE_FILES)"
+make build OCTEZ_EXECUTABLES="$OCTEZ_EXECUTABLES"
+
+# 3. Strip the built binaries in OCTEZ_EXECUTABLES and in BUILD_EXTRA.
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+chmod +w ${OCTEZ_EXECUTABLES}
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+strip -s ${OCTEZ_EXECUTABLES}
+
+if [ -n "${BUILD_EXTRA:-}" ]; then
+    paths=$(for executable in ${BUILD_EXTRA}; do echo _build/default/"$executable"; done)
+    # Paths must be split so disable shellcheck's SC2086 here.
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+    chmod +w $paths
+    # shellcheck disable=SC2086
+    strip -s $paths
+fi