diff --git a/.ci/install-for-firedrake.sh b/.ci/install-for-firedrake.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4b25ba82874628fe3a2c7c7670bb179884ad72e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/install-for-firedrake.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+sudo chown -R $(whoami) /github/home || true
+sudo apt update
+sudo apt upgrade -y
+sudo apt install time
+sudo apt install -y pocl-opencl-icd ocl-icd-opencl-dev
+
+. /home/firedrake/firedrake/bin/activate
+grep -v loopy requirements.txt > /tmp/myreq.txt
+
+# This shouldn't be necessary, but...
+# https://github.com/inducer/meshmode/pull/48#issuecomment-687519451
+pip install pybind11
+
+# The Firedrake container is based on Py3.6 as of 2020-10-10, which
+# doesn't have dataclasses.
+pip install dataclasses
+
+pip install -r /tmp/myreq.txt
+pip install --force-reinstall git+https://github.com/benSepanski/loopy.git@firedrake-usable_for_potentials
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_firedrake_examples.sh b/.ci/run_firedrake_examples.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/run_firedrake_examples.sh
rename to .ci/run_firedrake_examples.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 431dd49949670329def15eba9cf5a69af39151d8..9bf5fe81f80890a6a7d86178a616382d337ac3e3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -40,21 +40,9 @@ jobs:
             image: 'firedrakeproject/firedrake'
         steps:
         -   uses: actions/checkout@v1
-        # This Dependencies setup is the same setup used for running firedrake
-        # examples, but had to be copied since github doesn't support yaml
-        # anchors. Changes made here should also be made there
         -   name: "Dependencies"
             run: |
-                sudo apt update
-                sudo apt upgrade -y
-                sudo apt install time
-                sudo apt install -y pocl-opencl-icd ocl-icd-opencl-dev
-                sudo chown -R $(whoami) /github/home
-
-                . /home/firedrake/firedrake/bin/activate
-                grep -v loopy requirements.txt > /tmp/myreq.txt
-                pip install -r /tmp/myreq.txt
-                pip install --force-reinstall git+https://github.com/benSepanski/loopy.git@firedrake-usable_for_potentials
+                . .ci/install-for-firedrake.sh
                 # The Firedrake container is based on Py3.6 as of 2020-10-10, which
                 # doesn't have dataclasses.
                 pip install pytest dataclasses
@@ -72,29 +60,14 @@ jobs:
             image: 'firedrakeproject/firedrake'
         steps:
         -   uses: actions/checkout@v1
-        # This Dependencies setup is the same setup used for running firedrake
-        # tests, but had to be copied since github doesn't support yaml
-        # anchors. Changes made here should also be made there
         -   name: "Dependencies"
             run: |
-                sudo apt update
-                sudo apt upgrade -y
-                sudo apt install time
-                sudo apt install -y pocl-opencl-icd ocl-icd-opencl-dev
-                sudo chown -R $(whoami) /github/home
-
-                . /home/firedrake/firedrake/bin/activate
-                grep -v loopy requirements.txt > /tmp/myreq.txt
-                pip install -r /tmp/myreq.txt
-                pip install --force-reinstall git+https://github.com/benSepanski/loopy.git@firedrake-usable_for_potentials
-                # The Firedrake container is based on Py3.6 as of 2020-10-10, which
-                # doesn't have dataclasses.
-                pip install pytest dataclasses
+                . .ci/install-for-firedrake.sh
                 pip install .
         -   name: "Examples"
             run: |
                 . /home/firedrake/firedrake/bin/activate
-                . ./.github/workflows/run_firedrake_examples.sh
+                . ./.ci/run_firedrake_examples.sh
 
     examples3:
         name: Examples Conda Py3
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9b3049cea75665108905349561c2e7a4a6b92c28..7ed111cf192b0d906add1c4e92470814709a5d97 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -54,20 +54,7 @@ Python 3 POCL Firedrake:
   - "docker-runner"
   image: "firedrakeproject/firedrake"
   script:
-  - &firedrake_setup |
-    sudo apt update
-    sudo apt upgrade -y
-    sudo apt install time
-    sudo apt install -y pocl-opencl-icd ocl-icd-opencl-dev
-    source ~/firedrake/bin/activate
-    grep -v loopy requirements.txt > myreq.txt
-    pip install -r myreq.txt
-    pip install --force-reinstall git+https://github.com/benSepanski/loopy.git@firedrake-usable_for_potentials
-    # The Firedrake container is based on Py3.6 as of 2020-10-10, which
-    # doesn't have dataclasses.
-    pip install pytest dataclasses
-    pip install .
-  # run tests
+  - .ci/install-for-firedrake.sh
   - cd test
   - python -m pytest --tb=native --junitxml=pytest.xml -rxsw test_firedrake_interop.py
   artifacts:
@@ -79,8 +66,7 @@ Python 3 POCL Firedrake Examples:
   - "docker-runner"
   image: "firedrakeproject/firedrake"
   script:
-  - *firedrake_setup
-  # run examples
+  - .ci/install-for-firedrake.sh
   - . ./.github/workflows/run_firedrake_examples.sh
   artifacts:
     reports: