diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-tinygrad/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-tinygrad/action.yml
index 01525341d2..52baaab024 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-tinygrad/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-tinygrad/action.yml
@@ -340,7 +340,6 @@ runs:
       if: inputs.mesa == 'true' && steps.cache-build-mesa.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        # mesa
         git clone https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa.git ${{ github.workspace }}/mesa
         cd ${{ github.workspace }}/mesa
         git checkout mesa-25.0.7
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 1af5efd67d..483287ec1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           key: ${{ matrix.backend }}-minimal
           deps: testing_minimal
-          pydeps: ${{ matrix.backend == 'lvp' && 'meson mako pyyaml' }}
+          pydeps: ${{ matrix.backend == 'lvp' && 'meson mako pyyaml' || '' }}
           opencl: ${{ matrix.backend == 'opencl' && 'true' }}
           llvm: ${{ matrix.backend == 'llvm' || matrix.backend == 'lvp' }}
           mesa: ${{ matrix.backend == 'lvp' && 'true' }}