diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-site.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-site.yml
index a3c6adb4..3f9e40e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-site.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-site.yml
@@ -8,28 +8,23 @@ on:
       - "emulators/**"
       - "provenance/**"
       - "wiki/**"
-      # Every script the build runs or imports (tests/test_workflow_paths.py).
+      # Every script the build runs or imports, and no other
+      # (tests/test_workflow_paths.py).
       - "scripts/artifacts.py"
-      - "scripts/auto_fetch.py"
       - "scripts/common.py"
       - "scripts/cross_reference.py"
       - "scripts/crypto_verify.py"
       - "scripts/derivations.py"
-      - "scripts/deterministic_zip.py"
       - "scripts/dumpcatalog.py"
-      - "scripts/generate_pack.py"
       - "scripts/generate_readme.py"
       - "scripts/generate_site.py"
       - "scripts/hashing.py"
       - "scripts/largefiles.py"
-      - "scripts/list_platforms.py"
-      - "scripts/manifestselect.py"
       - "scripts/nativemode.py"
       - "scripts/packextras.py"
       - "scripts/packpaths.py"
       - "scripts/packreadme.py"
       - "scripts/packresolve.py"
-      - "scripts/packverify.py"
       - "scripts/profile_sync.py"
       - "scripts/provenance_report.py"
       - "scripts/refresh_data_dirs.py"
@@ -41,7 +36,6 @@ on:
       - "scripts/siterender.py"
       - "scripts/sitesources.py"
       - "scripts/sitewrite.py"
-      - "scripts/slot.py"
       - "scripts/slots.py"
       - "scripts/split_pack.py"
       - "scripts/truth.py"
@@ -52,7 +46,6 @@ on:
       - "scripts/verify.py"
       - "scripts/ziptools.py"
       - "schemas/**"
-      - "tests/**"
       - "docs_assets/**"
       - "install/**"
       - "install.py"
diff --git a/tests/test_workflow_paths.py b/tests/test_workflow_paths.py
index 9cf03836..64e4de62 100644
--- a/tests/test_workflow_paths.py
+++ b/tests/test_workflow_paths.py
@@ -84,6 +84,12 @@ class DeploySiteTriggers(unittest.TestCase):
             if not any(fnmatch.fnmatch(path, p.replace("**", "*")) for p in patterns)
         )
         self.assertEqual(uncovered, [])
+        # And no script the build no longer reaches: generate_pack.py and six
+        # others stayed listed after the site stopped importing the builder,
+        # and a push touching only them rebuilt the site for nothing.
+        listed = {p for p in patterns if p.startswith("scripts/") and p.endswith(".py")}
+        self.assertEqual(sorted(listed - closure(entry_points)), [])
+        self.assertNotIn("tests/**", patterns)
 
 
 class DocumentedSteps(unittest.TestCase):