diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/run_affected_benchmarks/run b/.github/workflows/scripts/run_affected_benchmarks/run
index c79ff0d45f0f..eec70bfa3f88 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/run_affected_benchmarks/run
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/run_affected_benchmarks/run
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ main() {
 	# Run JS benchmarks:
 	if [ -n "${js_bench_files}" ]; then
 		# Invoke make in batches to avoid "Argument list too long" errors:
-		printf '%s\n' ${js_bench_files} | xargs -s 65536 sh -c 'make benchmark-javascript-files FILES="$*"' _
+		printf '%s\n' ${js_bench_files} | xargs sh -c 'make benchmark-javascript-files FILES="$*"' _
 	else
 		echo 'No JavaScript benchmarks to run.' >&2
 	fi
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ main() {
 
 	if [ -n "${c_bench_files}" ]; then
 		# Invoke make in batches to avoid "Argument list too long" errors:
-		printf '%s\n' ${c_bench_files} | xargs -s 65536 sh -c 'make benchmark-c-files FILES="$*"' _
+		printf '%s\n' ${c_bench_files} | xargs sh -c 'make benchmark-c-files FILES="$*"' _
 	else
 		echo 'No C benchmarks to run.' >&2
 	fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/run_affected_tests/run b/.github/workflows/scripts/run_affected_tests/run
index f0209da7b659..cb1add9e441f 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/run_affected_tests/run
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/run_affected_tests/run
@@ -165,9 +165,8 @@ main() {
 	files=$(echo "${files}" | grep -v '/fixtures/') || true
 
 	if [[ -n "${files}" ]]; then
-		# Invoke make in batches to avoid "Argument list too long" errors
-		# when the total length of file paths exceeds OS limits:
-		printf '%s\n' ${files} | xargs -s 65536 sh -c 'make test-javascript-files-min FILES="$*"' _
+		# Invoke make in batches to avoid "Argument list too long" errors:
+		printf '%s\n' ${files} | xargs sh -c 'make test-javascript-files-min FILES="$*"' _
 	fi
 
 	cleanup