diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 99121f38b..ca8fac298 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ on:
       - 2.*
 
 env:
+  GOFLAGS: '-tags=nobadger,nomysql,nopgx'
   # https://github.com/actions/setup-go/issues/491
   GOTOOLCHAIN: local
 
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
       env:
         CGO_ENABLED: 0
       run: |
-        go build -tags nobadger,nomysql,nopgx -trimpath -ldflags="-w -s" -v
+        go build -trimpath -ldflags="-w -s" -v
 
     - name: Smoke test Caddy
       working-directory: ./cmd/caddy
@@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ jobs:
       # continue-on-error: true
       run: |
         # (go test -v -coverprofile=cover-profile.out -race ./... 2>&1) > test-results/test-result.out
-        go test -tags nobadger,nomysql,nopgx -v -coverprofile="cover-profile.out" -short -race ./...
+        go test -v -coverprofile="cover-profile.out" -short -race ./...
         # echo "status=$?" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
     # Relevant step if we reinvestigate publishing test/coverage reports
@@ -190,7 +191,7 @@ jobs:
           retries=3
           exit_code=0
           while ((retries > 0)); do
-            CGO_ENABLED=0 go test -p 1 -tags nobadger,nomysql,nopgx -v ./...
+            CGO_ENABLED=0 go test -p 1 -v ./...
             exit_code=$?
             if ((exit_code == 0)); then
               break
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cross-build.yml b/.github/workflows/cross-build.yml
index e8c20fde5..79dedb422 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cross-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cross-build.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ on:
       - 2.*
 
 env:
+  GOFLAGS: '-tags=nobadger,nomysql,nopgx'
+  CGO_ENABLED: '0'
   # https://github.com/actions/setup-go/issues/491
   GOTOOLCHAIN: local
 
@@ -74,11 +76,9 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run Build
         env:
-          CGO_ENABLED: 0
           GOOS: ${{ matrix.goos }}
           GOARCH: ${{ matrix.goos == 'aix' && 'ppc64' || 'amd64' }}
         shell: bash
         continue-on-error: true
         working-directory: ./cmd/caddy
-        run: |
-          GOOS=$GOOS GOARCH=$GOARCH go build -tags=nobadger,nomysql,nopgx -trimpath -o caddy-"$GOOS"-$GOARCH 2> /dev/null
+        run: go build -trimpath -o caddy-"$GOOS"-$GOARCH 2> /dev/null
diff --git a/.golangci.yml b/.golangci.yml
index 0f1082e72..4f4545054 100644
--- a/.golangci.yml
+++ b/.golangci.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ version: "2"
 run:
   issues-exit-code: 1
   tests: false
+  build-tags:
+    - nobadger
+    - nomysql
+    - nopgx
 output:
   formats:
     text: