diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml b/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml
index d1b6cebb..bab071e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-bioc.yml
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ jobs:
           ## This pass does not use AnVIL and will thus update any packages
           ## that have seen been updated in Bioconductor
           message(paste('****', Sys.time(), 'pass number 2 at installing dependencies: any remaining dependencies ****'))
-          remotes::install_local(dependencies = TRUE, repos = BiocManager::repositories(), build_vignettes = FALSE, upgrade = TRUE, force = TRUE)
+          remotes::install_local(dependencies = TRUE, repos = BiocManager::repositories(), build_vignettes = TRUE, upgrade = TRUE, force = TRUE)
         shell: Rscript {0}
 
       - name: Install BiocGenerics
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ jobs:
           options(crayon.enabled = TRUE)
           rcmdcheck::rcmdcheck(
               args = c("--no-manual", "--no-vignettes", "--timings"),
-              build_args = c("--no-build-vignettes", "--no-manual", "--keep-empty-dirs", "--no-resave-data"),
+              build_args = c("--no-manual", "--keep-empty-dirs", "--no-resave-data"),
               error_on = "warning",
               check_dir = "check"
           )