diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yml
index b91d3ebc8..9de8a5f2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yml
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
 
+      - name: Remove and mock problematic dependencies
+        run: |
+          sed -i '/gpg/d;/notmuch2/d' pyproject.toml
+          touch gpg.py
+          echo NullPointerError = NotmuchError = None > notmuch2.py
+          pip install .
+
       - name: Regenerate all generated docs
         # We run "true" instead of "sphinx-build" to speed things up as we are
         # only interested in the regeneration of the docs.