diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 7b84c8c50..758fc96e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ jobs:
           node-version-file: .nvmrc
           cache: npm
       - run: npm ci
-      - run: npm run rebuild:native
       - run: npm run test:coverage -- --reporter=verbose --reporter=junit --outputFile.junit=test-results.xml
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: always()
@@ -128,7 +127,6 @@ jobs:
           node-version-file: .nvmrc
           cache: npm
       - run: npm ci
-      - run: npm run rebuild:native
       - run: npm run verify:package
 
   windows-curated:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/real-hopper-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/real-hopper-linux.yml
index 286677e04..94674232c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/real-hopper-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/real-hopper-linux.yml
@@ -48,13 +48,12 @@ jobs:
           node-version-file: .nvmrc
           cache: npm
       - run: npm ci
-      - run: npm run rebuild:native
       - name: Install packed CLI in isolation
         shell: bash
         run: |
           tarball="$(npm pack --silent)"
           prefix="${RUNNER_TEMP}/rea-prefix"
-          npm install --global --prefix "${prefix}" "./${tarball}"
+          npm install --global --ignore-scripts --prefix "${prefix}" "./${tarball}"
           echo "REA_VERIFY_SERVER_COMMAND=${prefix}/bin/rea" >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
           echo 'REA_VERIFY_SERVER_ARGS_JSON=["mcp"]' >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
       - name: Verify two binaries through an alternate launcher symlink
diff --git a/.github/workflows/real-hopper.yml b/.github/workflows/real-hopper.yml
index 09303ba48..9308a6a30 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/real-hopper.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/real-hopper.yml
@@ -27,13 +27,12 @@ jobs:
           node-version-file: .nvmrc
           cache: npm
       - run: npm ci
-      - run: npm run rebuild:native
       - name: Install packed CLI in isolation
         shell: bash
         run: |
           tarball="$(npm pack --silent)"
           prefix="${RUNNER_TEMP}/rea-prefix"
-          npm install --global --prefix "${prefix}" "./${tarball}"
+          npm install --global --ignore-scripts --prefix "${prefix}" "./${tarball}"
           echo "REA_VERIFY_SERVER_COMMAND=${prefix}/bin/rea" >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
           echo 'REA_VERIFY_SERVER_ARGS_JSON=["mcp"]' >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
       - name: Verify two real binaries
diff --git a/tests/analysisSnapshot.test.ts b/tests/analysisSnapshot.test.ts
index 664e8a6bf..dbf207849 100644
--- a/tests/analysisSnapshot.test.ts
+++ b/tests/analysisSnapshot.test.ts
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ describe("analysis snapshots", () => {
   });
 
   it("writes canonical private v2 JSON and rejects changed query identity", async () => {
-    directory = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "rea-analysis-snapshot-"));
+    directory = await mkdtemp(join(tmpdir(), "rea-snapshot-"));
     const path = join(directory, "analysis.json");
     const target = snapshotTarget(TARGET);
     const binding = snapshotBinding(PROFILE);
diff --git a/tests/packageInstallWorkflow.test.ts b/tests/packageInstallWorkflow.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..425b30f52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/packageInstallWorkflow.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+
+describe("package installation workflows", () => {
+  it("runs package E2E without the retired native rebuild script", async () => {
+    const continuousIntegration = await readFile(
+      new URL("../.github/workflows/ci.yml", import.meta.url),
+      "utf8",
+    );
+    const realHopperLinux = await readFile(
+      new URL("../.github/workflows/real-hopper-linux.yml", import.meta.url),
+      "utf8",
+    );
+    const realHopperMac = await readFile(
+      new URL("../.github/workflows/real-hopper.yml", import.meta.url),
+      "utf8",
+    );
+
+    expect(continuousIntegration).toContain("os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-14]");
+    expect(continuousIntegration).toContain("npm run verify:package");
+    for (const workflow of [
+      continuousIntegration,
+      realHopperLinux,
+      realHopperMac,
+    ])
+      expect(workflow).not.toContain("npm run rebuild:native");
+    for (const workflow of [realHopperLinux, realHopperMac])
+      expect(workflow).toContain("npm install --global --ignore-scripts");
+  });
+});