diff --git a/.github/workflows/jit.yml b/.github/workflows/jit.yml
index cd6e9875d282d2..cf0dc472eda7d4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/jit.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/jit.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: JIT
 on:
   pull_request:
-    paths:
+    paths: &paths
       - '**jit**'
       - 'Python/bytecodes.c'
       - 'Python/optimizer*.c'
@@ -12,16 +12,7 @@ on:
       - '!**/*.md'
       - '!**/*.ini'
   push:
-    paths:
-      - '**jit**'
-      - 'Python/bytecodes.c'
-      - 'Python/optimizer*.c'
-      - 'Python/executor_cases.c.h'
-      - 'Python/optimizer_cases.c.h'
-      - '**_testinternalcapi**'
-      - '!Python/perf_jit_trampoline.c'
-      - '!**/*.md'
-      - '!**/*.ini'
+    paths: *paths
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
@@ -33,6 +24,7 @@ concurrency:
 
 env:
   FORCE_COLOR: 1
+  LLVM_VERSION: 21
 
 jobs:
   interpreter:
@@ -69,8 +61,6 @@ jobs:
         debug:
           - true
           - false
-        llvm:
-          - 21
         include:
           - target: i686-pc-windows-msvc/msvc
             architecture: Win32
@@ -112,7 +102,7 @@ jobs:
         if: runner.os == 'macOS'
         run: |
           brew update
-          brew install llvm@${{ matrix.llvm }}
+          brew install llvm@${{ env.LLVM_VERSION }}
           export SDKROOT="$(xcrun --show-sdk-path)"
           # Set MACOSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET and -Werror=unguarded-availability to
           # make sure we don't break downstream distributors (like uv):
@@ -125,22 +115,31 @@ jobs:
       - name: Linux
         if: runner.os == 'Linux'
         run: |
-          sudo bash -c "$(wget -O - https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh)" ./llvm.sh ${{ matrix.llvm }}
-          export PATH="$(llvm-config-${{ matrix.llvm }} --bindir):$PATH"
+          sudo bash -c "$(wget -O - https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh)" ./llvm.sh ${{ env.LLVM_VERSION }}
+          export PATH="$(llvm-config-${{ env.LLVM_VERSION }} --bindir):$PATH"
           ./configure --enable-experimental-jit ${{ matrix.debug && '--with-pydebug' || '' }}
           make all --jobs 4
           ./python -m test --multiprocess 0 --timeout 4500 --verbose2 --verbose3
 
-  jit-with-disabled-gil:
-    name: Free-Threaded (Debug)
+  jit-linux-extras:
+    name: ${{ matrix.name }}
     needs: interpreter
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     timeout-minutes: 90
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        llvm:
-          - 21
+        include:
+          - name: Free-Threaded (Debug)
+            configure_flags: --enable-experimental-jit --with-pydebug --disable-gil
+            continue_on_error: true
+          - name: JIT without optimizations (Debug)
+            configure_flags: --enable-experimental-jit --with-pydebug
+            test_env: "PYTHON_UOPS_OPTIMIZE=0"
+          - name: JIT with tail calling interpreter
+            configure_flags: --enable-experimental-jit --with-tail-call-interp --with-pydebug
+            use_clang: true
+            run_tests: false
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
         with:
@@ -148,64 +147,17 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
         with:
           python-version: '3.11'
-      - name: Build with JIT enabled and GIL disabled
+      - name: Build
         run: |
-          sudo bash -c "$(wget -O - https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh)" ./llvm.sh ${{ matrix.llvm }}
-          export PATH="$(llvm-config-${{ matrix.llvm }} --bindir):$PATH"
-          ./configure --enable-experimental-jit --with-pydebug --disable-gil
+          sudo bash -c "$(wget -O - https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh)" ./llvm.sh ${{ env.LLVM_VERSION }}
+          export PATH="$(llvm-config-${{ env.LLVM_VERSION }} --bindir):$PATH"
+          if [ "${{ matrix.use_clang }}" = "true" ]; then
+            export CC=clang-${{ env.LLVM_VERSION }}
+          fi
+          ./configure ${{ matrix.configure_flags }}
           make all --jobs 4
       - name: Run tests
+        if: matrix.run_tests != false
         run: |
-          ./python -m test --multiprocess 0 --timeout 4500 --verbose2 --verbose3
-        continue-on-error: true
-
-  no-opt-jit:
-    name: JIT without optimizations (Debug)
-    needs: interpreter
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    timeout-minutes: 90
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        llvm:
-          - 21
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
-      - name: Build with JIT
-        run: |
-          sudo bash -c "$(wget -O - https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh)" ./llvm.sh ${{ matrix.llvm }}
-          export PATH="$(llvm-config-${{ matrix.llvm }} --bindir):$PATH"
-          ./configure --enable-experimental-jit --with-pydebug
-          make all --jobs 4
-      - name: Run tests without optimizations
-        run: |
-          PYTHON_UOPS_OPTIMIZE=0 ./python -m test --multiprocess 0 --timeout 4500 --verbose2 --verbose3
-
-  tail-call-jit:
-    name: JIT with tail calling interpreter
-    needs: interpreter
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    timeout-minutes: 90
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        llvm:
-          - 21
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v6
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
-      - name: Build with JIT and tailcall
-        run: |
-          sudo bash -c "$(wget -O - https://apt.llvm.org/llvm.sh)" ./llvm.sh ${{ matrix.llvm }}
-          export PATH="$(llvm-config-${{ matrix.llvm }} --bindir):$PATH"
-          CC=clang-${{ matrix.llvm }} ./configure --enable-experimental-jit --with-tail-call-interp --with-pydebug
-          make all --jobs 4
+          ${{ matrix.test_env }} ./python -m test --multiprocess 0 --timeout 4500 --verbose2 --verbose3
+        continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.continue_on_error }}