diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index 53e0cf79505f..43530404f69f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -478,9 +478,29 @@ jobs:
           # We're currently including `nightly` because I'm not sure whether
           # it's always reliable; e.g. `cargo-audit`
           allowed-failures: check-links-markdown, nightly
-          # Easier than writing out every job — and it's our own rules deciding
-          # whether jobs are skipped or not.
-          allowed-skips: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}
+          # We skip jobs deliberately, so we are OK if any are skipped.
+          #
+          # Copy-pasted from `needs`, since it needs to be a json list, so `${{
+          # toJSON(needs) }}` (which is a map) doesn't work.
+          # https://github.com/re-actors/alls-green/issues/23
+          allowed-skips: |
+            [
+              "build-web",
+              "check-links-book",
+              "check-links-markdown",
+              "lint-megalinter",
+              "nightly",
+              "publish-web",
+              "test-dotnet",
+              "test-elixir",
+              "test-java",
+              "test-js",
+              "test-lib",
+              "test-php",
+              "test-python",
+              "test-rust",
+              "test-rust-main"
+            ]
 
   build-prqlc:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}