diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 9021e8c60c..4606698a43 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ jobs:
         key: linting-packages-${{ hashFiles('**/setup.py') }}-3.8
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: pip install -e '.[linting,testing]' --extra-index-url https://download.pytorch.org/whl/cpu
-    - name: Repo line count <5000 lines
-      run: MAX_LINE_COUNT=5000 python sz.py
     - name: Lint with pylint
       run: python -m pylint --disable=all -e W0311 -e C0303 --jobs=0 --indent-string='  ' **/*.py
     - name: Lint with ruff
@@ -65,6 +63,8 @@ jobs:
         source venv/bin/activate
         pip install $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
         python -c "from tinygrad.tensor import Tensor; print(Tensor([1,2,3,4,5]))"
+    - name: Repo line count <5000 lines
+      run: MAX_LINE_COUNT=5000 python sz.py
 
   testcpuimagenet:
     name: CPU and ImageNet to C Tests