diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6461d2413..31d0aac74 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ on: [push]
 jobs:
   linux-gcc-make:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    env:
+      EXCLUDE_TESTS: Data/MySQL Data/ODBC Data/PostgreSQL MongoDB
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install libssl-dev ca-certificates unixodbc-dev libmysqlclient-dev redis-server
@@ -11,6 +13,8 @@ jobs:
 
   linux-gcc-make-asan:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    env:
+      EXCLUDE_TESTS: Data/MySQL Data/ODBC Data/PostgreSQL MongoDB
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install libssl-dev ca-certificates unixodbc-dev libmysqlclient-dev redis-server
@@ -19,6 +23,8 @@ jobs:
 
   linux-gcc-make-ubsan:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    env:
+      EXCLUDE_TESTS: Data/MySQL Data/ODBC Data/PostgreSQL MongoDB
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - run: sudo apt update && sudo apt install libssl-dev ca-certificates unixodbc-dev libmysqlclient-dev redis-server
@@ -36,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: macos-10.15
     env:
       CPPUNIT_IGNORE: N7CppUnit10TestCallerI24UniqueExpireLRUCacheTestEE.testExpireN,N7CppUnit10TestCallerI18ExpireLRUCacheTestEE.testAccessExpireN,N7CppUnit10TestCallerI11PollSetTestEE.testPollClosedServer
-      EXCLUDE_TESTS: Redis
+      EXCLUDE_TESTS: Redis Data/MySQL Data/ODBC Data/PostgreSQL MongoDB PDF
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - run: brew install openssl
diff --git a/ci/runtests.sh b/ci/runtests.sh
index a8f34c2b0..78fbd1500 100755
--- a/ci/runtests.sh
+++ b/ci/runtests.sh
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ set -ev
 osname=`uname`
 osarch=`uname -m`
 export POCO_BASE=`pwd`
-export EXCLUDE_TESTS="$EXCLUDE_TESTS Data/MySQL Data/ODBC Data/PostgreSQL MongoDB PDF"
 export PATH=$PATH:.
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:.:$POCO_BASE/lib/$osname/$osarch
 export DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH:.:$POCO_BASE/lib/$osname/$osarch