diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index c14788b..d8cf893 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,13 @@ on:
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
-  lint:
-    name: Coding Standards
+  # PHPCS and PHPStan share a job so the two of them draw once on Setup PHP
+  # rather than twice. That step is slow and intermittently fails on 8.3
+  # (see #178), so every job that can be folded into another is one less
+  # chance for a run to fall over. They run as separate steps, and PHPCS
+  # failing stops the job before PHPStan reports.
+  quality:
+    name: Coding Standards & Static Analysis
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -32,28 +37,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run PHPCS
         run: composer cs
 
-
-  static-analysis:
-    name: PHPStan
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Setup PHP
-        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
-        with:
-          php-version: '8.3'
-          tools: composer:v2
-
-      - name: Cache Composer packages
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: ~/.composer/cache
-          key: composer-${{ hashFiles('composer.json') }}
-
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: composer install --prefer-dist --no-progress --no-interaction
-
       - name: Run PHPStan
         run: composer lint
 
@@ -108,7 +91,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Only build a shippable artifact once changes land on main, and only
     # after the quality gates pass.
-    needs: [lint, static-analysis, test, no-debug]
+    needs: [quality, test, no-debug]
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4