diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 33c5097290..9472c964e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -706,11 +706,11 @@ jobs:
         cuda: 'true'
         llvm: 'true'
     - name: Run real world test
-      run: JIT=2 METAL=1 python -m pytest -n=auto test/models/test_real_world.py --durations=20
+      run: METAL=1 python -m pytest -n=auto test/models/test_real_world.py --durations=20
     - name: Test models (Metal)
-      run: JIT=2 METAL=1 python -m pytest test/models -v --durations=20
+      run: METAL=1 python -m pytest test/models -v --durations=20
     - name: Run ONNX
-      run: JIT=2 METAL=1 python -m pytest -n=auto test/external/external_test_onnx_backend.py --durations=20
+      run: METAL=1 python -m pytest -n=auto test/external/external_test_onnx_backend.py --durations=20
     - name: Test tensor core ops (fake)
       run: TC=2 METAL=1 DEBUG=3 python test/test_ops.py TestOps.test_gemm
     - name: Test tensor core ops (real)
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ jobs:
           deps: testing_minimal
           llvm: ${{ matrix.backend == 'llvm' && 'true' }}
       - name: Set env
-        run: printf "${{ matrix.backend == 'llvm' && 'LLVM=1' || matrix.backend == 'cpu' && 'CPU=1' || matrix.backend == 'metal' && 'METAL=1\nJIT=2'}}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        run: printf "${{ matrix.backend == 'llvm' && 'LLVM=1' || matrix.backend == 'cpu' && 'CPU=1' || matrix.backend == 'metal' && 'METAL=1'}}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - name: Check Device.DEFAULT and print some source
         run: |
           python -c "from tinygrad import Device; assert Device.DEFAULT == '${{ matrix.backend }}'.upper(), Device.DEFAULT"
diff --git a/test/test_graph.py b/test/test_graph.py
index 743bd5dcf4..a47756a23f 100644
--- a/test/test_graph.py
+++ b/test/test_graph.py
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ def helper_test_graphs(graph_impl, graphs, runs=RUN_CNT):
     for i in range(len(ground_thruth_bufs)): np.testing.assert_equal(ground_truth_np[i], test_bufs_np[i])
 
 @unittest.skipUnless(Device[Device.DEFAULT].graph is not None, "graph support required")
-@unittest.skipIf(CI and Device.DEFAULT=="METAL", "no ICB in CI, creation of graph fails")
 class TestGraph(unittest.TestCase):
   def test_order_2_writes_to_same_buf(self):
     d0 = Device.DEFAULT
diff --git a/test/test_jit.py b/test/test_jit.py
index 3bce5b01ab..9282b0a0a2 100644
--- a/test/test_jit.py
+++ b/test/test_jit.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from test.helpers import assert_jit_cache_len, not_support_multi_device
 from tinygrad.tensor import Tensor
 from tinygrad.engine.jit import TinyJit
 from tinygrad.device import Device
-from tinygrad.helpers import CI, Context, JIT, GlobalCounters
+from tinygrad.helpers import Context, JIT, GlobalCounters
 from tinygrad.dtype import dtypes
 from extra.models.unet import ResBlock
 
@@ -394,7 +394,6 @@ class TestJit(unittest.TestCase):
     np.testing.assert_allclose(result_2.numpy(), [6], atol=1e-4, rtol=1e-5)
     np.testing.assert_allclose(result_3.numpy(), [6], atol=1e-4, rtol=1e-5)
 
-  @unittest.skipIf(CI and Device.DEFAULT=="METAL", "no ICB in CI, creation of graph fails")
   def test_jit_batch_split(self):
     if Device[Device.DEFAULT].graph is None or JIT >= 2: raise unittest.SkipTest("only test graphs")
 
diff --git a/test/test_multitensor.py b/test/test_multitensor.py
index 27bc1386e6..eb627c661b 100644
--- a/test/test_multitensor.py
+++ b/test/test_multitensor.py
@@ -444,7 +444,6 @@ class TestMultiTensor(unittest.TestCase):
       np.testing.assert_allclose(r.numpy(), np.ones(256)+np.ones(256), atol=1e-4, rtol=1e-5)
     assert len(jf.jit_cache) > 0
 
-  #@unittest.skipIf(CI and Device.DEFAULT=="METAL", "no ICB in CI, creation of graph fails")
   @unittest.skip("test broken")
   def test_multi_device_jit_graph(self):
     if Device[d0].graph is None or Device[d1].graph is None: raise unittest.SkipTest("only test graphs")
diff --git a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_metal.py b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_metal.py
index 97edc1a84e..c8bbfc72a4 100644
--- a/tinygrad/runtime/ops_metal.py
+++ b/tinygrad/runtime/ops_metal.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os, pathlib, struct, ctypes, tempfile, functools, contextlib, decimal, platform
 from typing import Any, Union, cast
-from tinygrad.helpers import prod, to_mv, getenv, round_up, cache_dir, T, init_c_struct_t, PROFILE
+from tinygrad.helpers import prod, to_mv, getenv, round_up, cache_dir, T, init_c_struct_t, PROFILE, CI
 from tinygrad.device import Compiled, Compiler, CompileError, LRUAllocator, cpu_profile, ProfileDeviceEvent, ProfileRangeEvent
 from tinygrad.renderer.cstyle import MetalRenderer
 
@@ -73,8 +73,10 @@ class MetalDevice(Compiled):
     Compiled.profile_events += [ProfileDeviceEvent(device)]
 
     from tinygrad.runtime.graph.metal import MetalGraph
+    # NOTE: GitHub CI macOS runners use paravirtualized metal which is broken with graph.
+    # This can be reproduced locally with any virtualization software (like utm) that can create macOS VMs with apple's own virtualization framework.
     super().__init__(device, MetalAllocator(self), MetalRenderer(), MetalCompiler() if getenv("METAL_DIRECT", 1) else Compiler(),
-                     functools.partial(MetalProgram, self), MetalGraph)
+                     functools.partial(MetalProgram, self), MetalGraph if not CI else None)
 
   def synchronize(self):
     for cbuf in self.mtl_buffers_in_flight: