diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 130e18aa44..c037e65fc2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -231,7 +231,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Print versions
         run: python -m pip list
 
-      - name: Run GPU tests
+      - name: Test CUDA kernels
+        run: python -m pytest -vv -rs tests-cuda-kernels
+
+      - name: Test CUDA kernels with explicitly defined values
+        run: python -m pytest -vv -rs tests-cuda-kernels-explicit
+
+      - name: Test CUDA non-kernel (Python)
         run: >-
           python -m pytest -vv -rs tests-cuda
 
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index 3b7dd5c812..1fc15a8f3a 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ def clean(session):
             pathlib.Path("awkward-cpp", "tests-cpu-kernels"),
             pathlib.Path("awkward-cpp", "tests-cpu-kernels-explicit"),
             pathlib.Path("tests-cuda-kernels"),
+            pathlib.Path("tests-cuda-kernels-explicit"),
         )
     if args.docs or clean_all:
         remove_if_found(pathlib.Path("docs", "reference", "generated", "kernels.rst"))
diff --git a/requirements-test-gpu.txt b/requirements-test-gpu.txt
index d19df38ed5..e2b1771f82 100644
--- a/requirements-test-gpu.txt
+++ b/requirements-test-gpu.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,4 @@ numba>=0.60
 numba-cuda
 pyarrow
 pytest>=6
-pytest-cov
-pytest-xdist
 uproot>=5