diff --git a/.github/scripts/sketch_utils.sh b/.github/scripts/sketch_utils.sh
index 8316c328e9c..b9ce41653f2 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/sketch_utils.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/sketch_utils.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-SDKCONFIG_DIR="$ARDUINO_ESP32_PATH/tools/esp32-arduino-libs"
+if [ -d "$ARDUINO_ESP32_PATH/tools/esp32-arduino-libs" ]; then
+    SDKCONFIG_DIR="$ARDUINO_ESP32_PATH/tools/esp32-arduino-libs"
+elif [ -d "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tools/esp32-arduino-libs" ]; then
+    SDKCONFIG_DIR="$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/tools/esp32-arduino-libs"
+else
+    SDKCONFIG_DIR="tools/esp32-arduino-libs"
+fi
 
 function build_sketch(){ # build_sketch <ide_path> <user_path> <path-to-ino> [extra-options]
     while [ ! -z "$1" ]; do
@@ -278,10 +284,11 @@ function build_sketch(){ # build_sketch <ide_path> <user_path> <path-to-ino> [ex
     unset options
 }
 
-function count_sketches(){ # count_sketches <path> [target] [file]
+function count_sketches(){ # count_sketches <path> [target] [file] [ignore-requirements]
     local path=$1
     local target=$2
     local file=$3
+    local ignore_requirements=$4
 
     if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
       echo "ERROR: Illegal number of parameters"
@@ -314,16 +321,18 @@ function count_sketches(){ # count_sketches <path> [target] [file]
                 continue
             fi
 
-            # Check if the sketch requires any configuration options
-            requirements=$(jq -r '.requires[]? // empty' $sketchdir/ci.json)
-            if [[ "$requirements" != "null" ]] || [[ "$requirements" != "" ]]; then
-                for requirement in $requirements; do
-                    requirement=$(echo $requirement | xargs)
-                    found_line=$(grep -E "^$requirement" $SDKCONFIG_DIR/$target/sdkconfig)
-                    if [[ "$found_line" == "" ]]; then
-                        continue 2
-                    fi
-                done
+            if [[ "$ignore_requirements" != "1" ]]; then
+              # Check if the sketch requires any configuration options
+              requirements=$(jq -r '.requires[]? // empty' $sketchdir/ci.json)
+              if [[ "$requirements" != "null" ]] || [[ "$requirements" != "" ]]; then
+                  for requirement in $requirements; do
+                      requirement=$(echo $requirement | xargs)
+                      found_line=$(grep -E "^$requirement" $SDKCONFIG_DIR/$target/sdkconfig)
+                      if [[ "$found_line" == "" ]]; then
+                          continue 2
+                      fi
+                  done
+              fi
             fi
         fi
         echo $sketch >> sketches.txt
diff --git a/.github/scripts/tests_run.sh b/.github/scripts/tests_run.sh
index be084e90ce2..dfef2e3b28c 100755
--- a/.github/scripts/tests_run.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/tests_run.sh
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ else
   fi
 
   set +e
-  ${COUNT_SKETCHES} $test_folder $target
+  ${COUNT_SKETCHES} $test_folder $target "1" # Ignore requirements as we don't have the libs. The requirements will be checked in the run_test function
   sketchcount=$?
   set -e
   sketches=$(cat sketches.txt)