diff --git a/.github/workflows/haskell-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/haskell-ci.yml
index 45cb9c09..ffd733a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/haskell-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/haskell-ci.yml
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "CABAL_CONFIG=$HOME/.cabal/config" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           HCDIR=/opt/$HCKIND/$HCVER
           HC=$("$HOME/.ghcup/bin/ghcup" whereis ghc "$HCVER")
-          echo "$HOME/.ghcup/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
           HCPKG=$(echo "$HC" | sed 's#ghc$#ghc-pkg#')
           HADDOCK=$(echo "$HC" | sed 's#ghc$#haddock#')
           echo "HC=$HC" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
@@ -181,11 +180,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           touch cabal.project
           echo "packages: $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/source/packages/tabular" >> cabal.project
-          echo "packages: $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/source/packages/backend-glr" >> cabal.project
-          echo "packages: $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/source/packages/backend-lalr" >> cabal.project
+          echo "packages: $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/source/packages/frontend" >> cabal.project
           echo "packages: $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/source/packages/codegen-common" >> cabal.project
+          echo "packages: $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/source/packages/backend-lalr" >> cabal.project
+          echo "packages: $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/source/packages/backend-glr" >> cabal.project
           echo "packages: $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/source/packages/grammar" >> cabal.project
-          echo "packages: $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/source/packages/frontend" >> cabal.project
           echo "packages: $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/source/." >> cabal.project
           cat cabal.project
       - name: sdist
@@ -200,40 +199,40 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           PKGDIR_happy_tabular="$(find "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/unpacked" -maxdepth 1 -type d -regex '.*/happy-tabular-[0-9.]*')"
           echo "PKGDIR_happy_tabular=${PKGDIR_happy_tabular}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          PKGDIR_happy_backend_glr="$(find "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/unpacked" -maxdepth 1 -type d -regex '.*/happy-backend-glr-[0-9.]*')"
-          echo "PKGDIR_happy_backend_glr=${PKGDIR_happy_backend_glr}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          PKGDIR_happy_backend_lalr="$(find "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/unpacked" -maxdepth 1 -type d -regex '.*/happy-backend-lalr-[0-9.]*')"
-          echo "PKGDIR_happy_backend_lalr=${PKGDIR_happy_backend_lalr}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          PKGDIR_happy_frontend="$(find "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/unpacked" -maxdepth 1 -type d -regex '.*/happy-frontend-[0-9.]*')"
+          echo "PKGDIR_happy_frontend=${PKGDIR_happy_frontend}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           PKGDIR_happy_codegen_common="$(find "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/unpacked" -maxdepth 1 -type d -regex '.*/happy-codegen-common-[0-9.]*')"
           echo "PKGDIR_happy_codegen_common=${PKGDIR_happy_codegen_common}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          PKGDIR_happy_backend_lalr="$(find "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/unpacked" -maxdepth 1 -type d -regex '.*/happy-backend-lalr-[0-9.]*')"
+          echo "PKGDIR_happy_backend_lalr=${PKGDIR_happy_backend_lalr}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          PKGDIR_happy_backend_glr="$(find "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/unpacked" -maxdepth 1 -type d -regex '.*/happy-backend-glr-[0-9.]*')"
+          echo "PKGDIR_happy_backend_glr=${PKGDIR_happy_backend_glr}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           PKGDIR_happy_grammar="$(find "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/unpacked" -maxdepth 1 -type d -regex '.*/happy-grammar-[0-9.]*')"
           echo "PKGDIR_happy_grammar=${PKGDIR_happy_grammar}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-          PKGDIR_happy_frontend="$(find "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/unpacked" -maxdepth 1 -type d -regex '.*/happy-frontend-[0-9.]*')"
-          echo "PKGDIR_happy_frontend=${PKGDIR_happy_frontend}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           PKGDIR_happy="$(find "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/unpacked" -maxdepth 1 -type d -regex '.*/happy-[0-9.]*')"
           echo "PKGDIR_happy=${PKGDIR_happy}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           rm -f cabal.project cabal.project.local
           touch cabal.project
           touch cabal.project.local
           echo "packages: ${PKGDIR_happy_tabular}" >> cabal.project
-          echo "packages: ${PKGDIR_happy_backend_glr}" >> cabal.project
-          echo "packages: ${PKGDIR_happy_backend_lalr}" >> cabal.project
+          echo "packages: ${PKGDIR_happy_frontend}" >> cabal.project
           echo "packages: ${PKGDIR_happy_codegen_common}" >> cabal.project
+          echo "packages: ${PKGDIR_happy_backend_lalr}" >> cabal.project
+          echo "packages: ${PKGDIR_happy_backend_glr}" >> cabal.project
           echo "packages: ${PKGDIR_happy_grammar}" >> cabal.project
-          echo "packages: ${PKGDIR_happy_frontend}" >> cabal.project
           echo "packages: ${PKGDIR_happy}" >> cabal.project
           if [ $((HCNUMVER >= 80200)) -ne 0 ] ; then echo "package happy-tabular" >> cabal.project ; fi
           if [ $((HCNUMVER >= 80200)) -ne 0 ] ; then echo "    ghc-options: -Werror=missing-methods" >> cabal.project ; fi
-          if [ $((HCNUMVER >= 80200)) -ne 0 ] ; then echo "package happy-backend-glr" >> cabal.project ; fi
+          if [ $((HCNUMVER >= 80200)) -ne 0 ] ; then echo "package happy-frontend" >> cabal.project ; fi
+          if [ $((HCNUMVER >= 80200)) -ne 0 ] ; then echo "    ghc-options: -Werror=missing-methods" >> cabal.project ; fi
+          if [ $((HCNUMVER >= 80200)) -ne 0 ] ; then echo "package happy-codegen-common" >> cabal.project ; fi
           if [ $((HCNUMVER >= 80200)) -ne 0 ] ; then echo "    ghc-options: -Werror=missing-methods" >> cabal.project ; fi
           if [ $((HCNUMVER >= 80200)) -ne 0 ] ; then echo "package happy-backend-lalr" >> cabal.project ; fi
           if [ $((HCNUMVER >= 80200)) -ne 0 ] ; then echo "    ghc-options: -Werror=missing-methods" >> cabal.project ; fi
-          if [ $((HCNUMVER >= 80200)) -ne 0 ] ; then echo "package happy-codegen-common" >> cabal.project ; fi
+          if [ $((HCNUMVER >= 80200)) -ne 0 ] ; then echo "package happy-backend-glr" >> cabal.project ; fi
           if [ $((HCNUMVER >= 80200)) -ne 0 ] ; then echo "    ghc-options: -Werror=missing-methods" >> cabal.project ; fi
           if [ $((HCNUMVER >= 80200)) -ne 0 ] ; then echo "package happy-grammar" >> cabal.project ; fi
           if [ $((HCNUMVER >= 80200)) -ne 0 ] ; then echo "    ghc-options: -Werror=missing-methods" >> cabal.project ; fi
-          if [ $((HCNUMVER >= 80200)) -ne 0 ] ; then echo "package happy-frontend" >> cabal.project ; fi
-          if [ $((HCNUMVER >= 80200)) -ne 0 ] ; then echo "    ghc-options: -Werror=missing-methods" >> cabal.project ; fi
           if [ $((HCNUMVER >= 80200)) -ne 0 ] ; then echo "package happy" >> cabal.project ; fi
           if [ $((HCNUMVER >= 80200)) -ne 0 ] ; then echo "    ghc-options: -Werror=missing-methods" >> cabal.project ; fi
           cat >> cabal.project <<EOF
@@ -255,32 +254,29 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           $CABAL v2-build $ARG_COMPILER --disable-tests --disable-benchmarks --dependencies-only -j2 all
           $CABAL v2-build $ARG_COMPILER $ARG_TESTS $ARG_BENCH --dependencies-only -j2 all
-      - name: build w/o tests and install
+      - name: build w/o tests
         run: |
-          $CABAL v2-install --reinstall --overwrite-policy=always $ARG_COMPILER --disable-tests --disable-benchmarks happy
+          $CABAL v2-build $ARG_COMPILER --disable-tests --disable-benchmarks all
       - name: build
         run: |
           $CABAL v2-build $ARG_COMPILER $ARG_TESTS $ARG_BENCH all --write-ghc-environment-files=always
       - name: tests
         run: |
-          export HAPPY=$HOME/.cabal/bin/happy
-          export HC
-          export CABAL
           $CABAL v2-test $ARG_COMPILER $ARG_TESTS $ARG_BENCH all --test-show-details=direct
       - name: cabal check
         run: |
           cd ${PKGDIR_happy_tabular} || false
           ${CABAL} -vnormal check
-          cd ${PKGDIR_happy_backend_glr} || false
+          cd ${PKGDIR_happy_frontend} || false
+          ${CABAL} -vnormal check
+          cd ${PKGDIR_happy_codegen_common} || false
           ${CABAL} -vnormal check
           cd ${PKGDIR_happy_backend_lalr} || false
           ${CABAL} -vnormal check
-          cd ${PKGDIR_happy_codegen_common} || false
+          cd ${PKGDIR_happy_backend_glr} || false
           ${CABAL} -vnormal check
           cd ${PKGDIR_happy_grammar} || false
           ${CABAL} -vnormal check
-          cd ${PKGDIR_happy_frontend} || false
-          ${CABAL} -vnormal check
           cd ${PKGDIR_happy} || false
           ${CABAL} -vnormal check
       - name: haddock
diff --git a/DEVELOPER.md b/DEVELOPER.md
index 96776d27..47c6dc78 100644
--- a/DEVELOPER.md
+++ b/DEVELOPER.md
@@ -3,57 +3,9 @@ This document holds some useful information for developing Happy.
 CI on GitHub Actions
 ====================
 
-2021-07-14
+2024-07-15
+----------
 
 The GHC workflow file `.github/workflows/haskell-ci.yml` is generated by:
 
     haskell-ci regenerate
-    patch --input=.github/haskell-ci.patch .github/workflows/haskell-ci.yml
-
-The patch introduces happy specifics to the build and test process that
-are not covered by a vanilla instance of the haskell-ci workflow.
-
-When new GHC versions become available, CI can be updated by
-
- - adding these versions to the `tested-with` field in `happy.cabal`
-   (possibly removing obsolete minor versions)
-
- - generate the `haskell-ci.yml` by the steps above.
-
-This should work as long as `haskell-ci` does not change its generated
-workflow too much.  Otherwise, the patch might not apply cleanly and
-the workflow has to be patched manually.
-
-2023-02-06 Updating to a new version of Haskell-CI
---------------------------------------------------
-
-1. Install Haskell-CI from its source repo:
-
-        pushd /tmp
-        git clone https://github.com/haskell-CI/haskell-ci.git
-        cd haskell-ci
-        cabal install
-        popd
-
-2. Update the `tested-with` fields in the `.cabal` files.
-
-3. Follow the instructions to regenerate the Haskell CI workflow, which are:
-
-        haskell-ci regenerate
-        patch --input=.github/haskell-ci.patch .github/workflows/haskell-ci.yml
-
-If some hunks fail to apply in the last step, the patch as to be updated.
-
-4. Apply the remaining hunks manually.
-
-5. Save the patched workflow, regenerate the original workflow, regenerate the patch
-
-        cp .github/workflows/haskell-ci.yml .github/workflows/haskell-ci.yml-patched
-        haskell-ci regenerate
-        diff -u .github/workflows/haskell-ci.yml .github/workflows/haskell-ci.yml-patched > .github/haskell-ci.patch
-
-6. Now the patch will apply cleanly.
-
-        patch --input=.github/haskell-ci.patch .github/workflows/haskell-ci.yml
-
-7. Commit the updated files (no extra files need to be committed).
diff --git a/tests/Makefile b/tests/Makefile
index 399126d1..eec49747 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile
+++ b/tests/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
+# NOTE: This assumes that a working `ghc` is on $PATH; this may not
+# necessarily be the same GHC used by `cabal` for building `happy`.
+#
+# Again, if HC has been set in the environment (e.g. by the CI), we keep this setting.
+# [2021-07-14, PR #196](https://github.com/haskell/happy/pull/196)
+#
+HC ?= ghc
+HC_OPTS=-package array -Wall -Werror
+
 # NOTE: `cabal test` will take care to build the local `happy`
 # executable and place it into $PATH for us to pick up.
+# (This is ensured by setting build-tool-depends.)
 #
 # If it doesn't look like the alex binary in $PATH comes from the
 # build tree, then we'll fall back to pointing to
@@ -11,21 +21,7 @@
 # without danger of it being "fixed" by the logic below.
 # [2021-07-14, PR #196](https://github.com/haskell/happy/pull/196)
 #
-ifndef HAPPY
-HAPPY=$(shell which happy)
-ifeq "$(filter $(dir $(shell pwd))%,$(HAPPY))" ""
-HAPPY=../dist/build/happy/happy
-endif
-endif
-
-# NOTE: This assumes that a working `ghc` is on $PATH; this may not
-# necessarily be the same GHC used by `cabal` for building `happy`.
-#
-# Again, if HC has been set in the environment (e.g. by the CI), we keep this setting.
-# [2021-07-14, PR #196](https://github.com/haskell/happy/pull/196)
-#
-HC ?= ghc
-HC_OPTS=-package array -Wall -Werror
+HAPPY ?= happy
 
 .PRECIOUS: %.n.hs %.c.hs %.o %.exe %.bin
 
@@ -78,6 +74,10 @@ HC_OPTS += -fforce-recomp
 	@echo "--> Checking $<..."
 	./$<
 
+path.run : # simply a test to output the path of the built happy executable, useful in CI
+	@echo "--> Printing happy path..."
+	which $(HAPPY)
+
 check.%.y : %.y
 	@echo "--> Checking $<..."
 	$(HAPPY) $(TEST_HAPPY_OPTS) $< 1>$*.run.stdout 2>$*.run.stderr || true
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ check.%.y : %.y
 %$(HS_PROG_EXT) : %.hs
 	$(HC) $(HC_OPTS) $($*_LD_OPTS) $< -o $@
 
-all :: $(CHECK_ERROR_TESTS) $(ALL_TESTS)
+all :: $(CHECK_ERROR_TESTS) $(ALL_TESTS) path.run
 
 check-todo::
 	$(HAPPY) $(TEST_HAPPY_OPTS) -d Test.ly
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ check-todo::
 	./happy_test
 	-rm -f ./happy_test
 
-.PHONY: clean
+.PHONY: clean all check-todo path.run
 
 clean:
 	$(RM) $(CLEAN_FILES)