diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check-build.yaml
index e158082..f040124 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check-build.yaml
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ jobs:
       - uses: r-lib/actions/check-r-package@v2
         with:
           upload-snapshots: true
-          build_args: 'c("--no-manual","--compact-vignettes=gs+qpdf")'
+          args: 'c("--no-manual", "--no-vignettes")'
+          build_args: 'c("--no-manual", "--no-build-vignettes")'
           error-on: 'c("error")'
 
       - name: Build package
@@ -53,7 +54,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           output_dir <- file.path(normalizePath(Sys.getenv("RUNNER_TEMP"), winslash = "/"), "built_package")
           dir.create(output_dir)
-          devtools::build(binary = TRUE, path = output_dir)
+          # first run build() to get a bundle package (that includes rendered vignettes), then create binary.
+          devtools::build(devtools::build(), binary = TRUE, path = output_dir, args=c("--preclean", "--install-tests"))
         shell: Rscript {0}
 
       - name: Get package name, version and R versions and store in environment