diff --git a/build/src/OpenSourceCommunityInstallersBuildTarget.kt b/build/src/OpenSourceCommunityInstallersBuildTarget.kt
index 2eea1e752b2e..4cde0a2d50a2 100644
--- a/build/src/OpenSourceCommunityInstallersBuildTarget.kt
+++ b/build/src/OpenSourceCommunityInstallersBuildTarget.kt
@@ -6,9 +6,21 @@ import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.*
 import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.impl.buildDistributions
 import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.telemetry.TraceManager.spanBuilder
 import org.jetbrains.intellij.build.telemetry.use
+import kotlin.collections.plus
 
 @ApiStatus.Internal
 object OpenSourceCommunityInstallersBuildTarget {
+  /**
+   * The steps which are excessive because the results're never published from .github/workflows/IntelliJ_IDEA.yml.
+   * Also, skipping them allows sparing GitHub runner's disk space.
+   */
+  private val BUILD_STEPS_DISABLED_FOR_GITHUB_ACTIONS: Set<String> = setOf(
+    BuildOptions.WINDOWS_ZIP_STEP,
+    BuildOptions.CROSS_PLATFORM_DISTRIBUTION_STEP,
+    BuildOptions.SOURCES_ARCHIVE_STEP,
+    BuildOptions.ARCHIVE_PLUGINS,
+  )
+
   val OPTIONS: BuildOptions = BuildOptions().apply {
     // do not bother external users about clean/incremental
     // just remove out/ directory for clean build
@@ -16,11 +28,6 @@ object OpenSourceCommunityInstallersBuildTarget {
     useCompiledClassesFromProjectOutput = false
     buildStepsToSkip += BuildOptions.MAC_SIGN_STEP
     buildStepsToSkip += BuildOptions.WIN_SIGN_STEP
-    // never published from .github/workflows/IntelliJ_IDEA.yml
-    buildStepsToSkip += BuildOptions.WINDOWS_ZIP_STEP
-    buildStepsToSkip += BuildOptions.CROSS_PLATFORM_DISTRIBUTION_STEP
-    buildStepsToSkip += BuildOptions.SOURCES_ARCHIVE_STEP
-    buildStepsToSkip += BuildOptions.ARCHIVE_PLUGINS
     if (OsFamily.currentOs == OsFamily.MACOS) {
       // generally not needed; doesn't work well on build agents
       buildStepsToSkip += BuildOptions.WINDOWS_EXE_INSTALLER_STEP
@@ -30,7 +37,7 @@ object OpenSourceCommunityInstallersBuildTarget {
   @JvmStatic
   fun main(args: Array<String>) {
     runBlocking(Dispatchers.Default) {
-      val context = createCommunityBuildContext(OPTIONS)
+      val context = createCommunityBuildContext(OPTIONS.copy(buildStepsToSkip = OPTIONS.buildStepsToSkip + BUILD_STEPS_DISABLED_FOR_GITHUB_ACTIONS))
       CompilationTasks.create(context).compileModules(moduleNames = null, includingTestsInModules = listOf("intellij.platform.jps.build.tests"))
       buildDistributions(context)
       spanBuilder("build standalone JPS").use {
diff --git a/build/tests/testSrc/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/IdeaCommunityBuildTest.kt b/build/tests/testSrc/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/IdeaCommunityBuildTest.kt
index 1122c989526e..016ff635af59 100644
--- a/build/tests/testSrc/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/IdeaCommunityBuildTest.kt
+++ b/build/tests/testSrc/org/jetbrains/intellij/build/IdeaCommunityBuildTest.kt
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ class IdeaCommunityBuildTest {
       it.buildStepsToSkip = OpenSourceCommunityInstallersBuildTarget.OPTIONS.buildStepsToSkip +
                             // no need to publish TeamCity artifacts from a test
                             BuildOptions.TEAMCITY_ARTIFACTS_PUBLICATION_STEP
-      // this step is disabled for all other build tests
-      it.buildStepsToSkip -= BuildOptions.CROSS_PLATFORM_DISTRIBUTION_STEP
     }
   }