diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 981db87259bb0..74ec0fdefd2bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -193,14 +193,31 @@ jobs:
             rm -rf .git ../apps/.git
             testfile=tools/ci/testlist/${{matrix.boards}}.dat
             echo Validating targets in $testfile
-            testlist=`grep -v -E "^(-|#)|^[C|c][M|m][A|a][K|k][E|e]" $testfile || true`          
+            testlist=`grep -v -E "^(-|#)|^[C|c][M|m][A|a][K|k][E|e]" $testfile || true`
+
+            # For every target in the .dat file
             for line in $testlist; do
               firstch=${line:0:1}
               if [ "X$firstch" == "X/" ]; then
                 dir=`echo $line | cut -d',' -f1`
                 list=`find boards$dir -name defconfig | cut -d'/' -f4,6`
                 for config in ${list}; do
-                  make distclean || true
+
+                  # Skip the Excluded Targets, like "-moxa:nsh"
+                  target=${config/\//:}
+                  if grep -e "-$target" $testfile; then
+                    echo Skipping Excluded Target $config
+                    continue
+                  fi
+
+                  # Skip the CMake Targets, like "CMake,nucleo-f334r8:adc"
+                  if grep "CMake,$target" $testfile; then
+                    echo Skipping CMake Target $config
+                    continue
+                  fi
+
+                  # Validate the target
+                  make distclean >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
                   echo ./tools/refresh.sh --silent $config
                   if ! ./tools/refresh.sh --silent $config; then
                     echo Error: $config:1:1: error: $config is configured incorrectly. To fix it, run '"'tools/refresh.sh $config'"'