diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 403ed0351bf01e51ed255bfb0c4f093d664859dc..82b2a35f5b183e049dda18a7fcab7f60a3f728ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -77,7 +77,10 @@ jobs:
                 curl -L "https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/ispc/ispc/artifacts/build%2Fispc-trunk-linux.tar.gz?job=Environment%3A%20APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE%3DUbuntu1604%2C%20LLVM_VERSION%3Dlatest" | tar xfz -
                 export PATH="$(pwd)/ispc-trunk-linux/bin:$PATH"
 
-                run_examples
+                . ./build-py-project-and-run-examples.sh
+                run_py_examples
+                run_ipynb_examples
+                run_floopy_examples
 
     docs:
         name: Documentation
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 851caaebd4334ac9421c42d60dcaca8d57a812ca..d69f0b8c489c07d3aa1512f6f1cbb8ced0f6a2e9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -69,16 +69,26 @@ Python 3 POCL Twice With Cache:
 #   - tags
 
 Python 3 POCL Examples:
-  script:
-  - export PY_EXE=python3
-  - export PYOPENCL_TEST=portable:pthread
-  - export EXTRA_INSTALL="pybind11 numpy mako pyvisfile matplotlib ipykernel nbconvert"
-  - ". ./build-py-project-and-run-examples.sh"
+  script: |
+    export PY_EXE=python3
+    export PYOPENCL_TEST=portable:pthread
+    export EXTRA_INSTALL="pybind11 numpy mako pyvisfile matplotlib ipykernel nbconvert"
+
+    curl -L -O -k https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/master/ci-support.sh
+    . ./ci-support.sh
+    build_py_project_in_venv
+
+    curl -L "https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/ispc/ispc/artifacts/build%2Fispc-trunk-linux.tar.gz?job=Environment%3A%20APPVEYOR_BUILD_WORKER_IMAGE%3DUbuntu1604%2C%20LLVM_VERSION%3Dlatest" | tar xfz -
+    export PATH="$(pwd)/ispc-trunk-linux/bin:$PATH"
+
+    . ./build-py-project-and-run-examples.sh
+    run_py_examples
+    run_ipynb_examples
+    run_floopy_examples
   tags:
   - python3
   - pocl
   - large-node
-  - ispc
   except:
   - tags
 
diff --git a/build-py-project-and-run-examples.sh b/build-py-project-and-run-examples.sh
index b7cc829caa11dd9e4b046e9a78ef0be062ce0506..a3ddf75875a657bdd7134d0580f6bdabfd2af25d 100644
--- a/build-py-project-and-run-examples.sh
+++ b/build-py-project-and-run-examples.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 set -e
 
-curl -L -O -k https://gitlab.tiker.net/inducer/ci-support/raw/master/build-py-project.sh
-source build-py-project.sh
-
 function run_examples()
 {
   PATTERN=$1
@@ -32,6 +29,3 @@ function run_floopy_examples()
   run_examples "*.floopy" "${PY_EXE} -m loopy"
 }
 
-run_py_examples
-run_ipynb_examples
-run_floopy_examples