diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 01878884aeb..224c46b6d6a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -366,11 +366,9 @@ jobs:
         artifact: sparse-20.04
     - name: Install the current `sparse` package
       run: sudo dpkg -i sparse-20.04/sparse_*.deb
-    - name: Install other dependencies
-      run: |
-        sudo apt-get update -q &&
-        sudo apt-get install -q -y libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libexpat-dev gettext zlib1g-dev
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Install other dependencies
+      run: ci/install-dependencies.sh
     - run: make sparse
   documentation:
     needs: ci-config
diff --git a/ci/install-dependencies.sh b/ci/install-dependencies.sh
index 67852d0d37f..5772081b6e5 100755
--- a/ci/install-dependencies.sh
+++ b/ci/install-dependencies.sh
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ StaticAnalysis)
 	sudo apt-get -q -y install coccinelle libcurl4-openssl-dev libssl-dev \
 		libexpat-dev gettext make
 	;;
+sparse)
+	sudo apt-get -q update -q
+	sudo apt-get -q -y install libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev \
+		libexpat-dev gettext zlib1g-dev
+	;;
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 	sudo apt-get -q update
 	sudo apt-get -q -y install asciidoc xmlto docbook-xsl-ns make