diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 72573e3d6fc8a0d..ba5c301eec9bc23 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Display build info
       run: make pythoninfo
     - name: Tests
-      run: make buildbottest TESTOPTS="-j4 -uall,-cpu"
+      run: make buildbottest TESTOPTS="-j4 -uall"
 
   build_ubuntu:
     name: 'Ubuntu'
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_tools/test_freeze.py b/Lib/test/test_tools/test_freeze.py
index 2ba36ca208f9673..f51bfaaa999a848 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_tools/test_freeze.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_tools/test_freeze.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import unittest
 
 from test import support
-from test.support import os_helper
+from test.support import os_helper, requires_resource
 from test.test_tools import imports_under_tool, skip_if_missing
 
 skip_if_missing('freeze')
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
     import freeze as helper
 
 @support.requires_zlib()
+@requires_resource('cpu')
 @unittest.skipIf(sys.platform.startswith('win'), 'not supported on Windows')
 @support.skip_if_buildbot('not all buildbots have enough space')
 class TestFreeze(unittest.TestCase):