diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c2435280..8b4604cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -202,58 +202,14 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'CI-no-fail-fast') }}
       matrix:
         platform: [
-          { target: "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu", arch: "aarch64" },
-          { target: "armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf", arch: "armv7" },
+          { arch: "aarch64" },
+          { arch: "armv7" },
         ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Build wheels
-        run: |
-          echo 'set -ex
-          curl -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --default-toolchain stable
-          source ~/.cargo/env
-          rustup target add ${{ matrix.platform.target }}
-
-          # https://github.com/pypa/setuptools_scm/issues/707
-          git config --global --add safe.directory /io
-
-          cd examples/rust_with_cffi/
-          python3.9 -m pip install crossenv
-          python3.9 -m crossenv "/opt/python/cp39-cp39/bin/python3" --cc $TARGET_CC --cxx $TARGET_CXX --sysroot $TARGET_SYSROOT --env LIBRARY_PATH= --manylinux manylinux1 venv
-          . venv/bin/activate
-
-          build-pip install -U pip>=23.2.1 setuptools>=68.0.0 wheel>=0.41.1
-          cross-pip install -U pip>=23.2.1 setuptools>=68.0.0 wheel>=0.41.1
-          build-pip install cffi
-          cross-expose cffi
-          cross-pip install -e ../../
-          cross-pip list
-
-          export DIST_EXTRA_CONFIG=/tmp/build-opts.cfg
-          echo -e "[bdist_wheel]\npy_limited_api=cp37" > $DIST_EXTRA_CONFIG
-
-          cross-pip wheel --no-build-isolation --no-deps --wheel-dir dist . -vv
-          ls -la dist/
-          python -m zipfile -l dist/*.whl # debug all files inside wheel file
-          ' > build-wheels.sh
-
-          docker run --rm -v "$PWD":/io -w /io messense/manylinux2014-cross:${{ matrix.platform.arch }} bash build-wheels.sh
-      - name: Install abi3 wheel and run tests
-        uses: uraimo/run-on-arch-action@v2.5.0
-        with:
-          arch: ${{ matrix.platform.arch }}
-          distro: ubuntu20.04
-          dockerRunArgs: |
-            --volume "${PWD}/examples:/examples"
-          install: |
-            apt-get update
-            apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends python3 python3-dev python3-pip build-essential libffi-dev
-          run: |
-            cd /examples
-            python3 --version
-            pip3 install rust_with_cffi/dist/rust_with_cffi*.whl
-            python3 -c "from rust_with_cffi import rust; assert rust.rust_func() == 14"
-            python3 -c "from rust_with_cffi.cffi import lib; assert lib.cffi_func() == 15"
+      - uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v2
+      - run: pip install nox
+      - run: nox -s test-crossenv -- ${{ matrix.platform.arch }}
 
   test-cross:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/noxfile.py b/noxfile.py
index d0030882..c00b82e9 100644
--- a/noxfile.py
+++ b/noxfile.py
@@ -39,6 +39,94 @@ def test_sdist_vendor(session: nox.Session):
     session.run("cargo", "build", "--offline", external=True)
 
 
+@nox.session(name="test-crossenv", venv_backend=None)
+def test_crossenv(session: nox.Session):
+    try:
+        arch = session.posargs[0]
+    except IndexError:
+        arch = "aarch64"
+    print(arch)
+
+    if arch == "aarch64":
+        rust_target = "aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu"
+        docker_platform = "aarch64"
+    elif arch == "armv7":
+        rust_target = "armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf"
+        docker_platform = "linux/arm/v7"
+    else:
+        raise RuntimeError("don't know rust target for arch: " + arch)
+
+    script_build = f"""set -ex
+curl -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh -s -- -y --default-toolchain stable
+source ~/.cargo/env
+rustup target add {rust_target}
+
+# https://github.com/pypa/setuptools_scm/issues/707
+git config --global --add safe.directory /io
+
+cd examples/rust_with_cffi/
+python3.9 -m pip install crossenv
+python3.9 -m crossenv "/opt/python/cp39-cp39/bin/python3" --cc $TARGET_CC --cxx $TARGET_CXX --sysroot $TARGET_SYSROOT --env LIBRARY_PATH= --manylinux manylinux1 venv
+. venv/bin/activate
+
+build-pip install -U pip>=23.2.1 setuptools>=68.0.0 wheel>=0.41.1
+cross-pip install -U pip>=23.2.1 setuptools>=68.0.0 wheel>=0.41.1
+build-pip install cffi
+cross-expose cffi
+cross-pip install -e ../../
+cross-pip list
+
+export DIST_EXTRA_CONFIG=/tmp/build-opts.cfg
+echo -e "[bdist_wheel]\npy_limited_api=cp37" > $DIST_EXTRA_CONFIG
+
+rm -rf dist/*
+cross-pip wheel --no-build-isolation --no-deps --wheel-dir dist . -vv
+ls -la dist/
+python -m zipfile -l dist/*.whl # debug all files inside wheel file
+    """
+
+    pwd = os.getcwd()
+    session.run(
+        "docker",
+        "run",
+        "--rm",
+        "-v",
+        f"{pwd}:/io",
+        "-w",
+        "/io",
+        f"messense/manylinux2014-cross:{arch}",
+        "bash",
+        "-c",
+        script_build,
+        external=True,
+    )
+
+    script_check = """set -ex
+cd /io/examples
+python3 --version
+pip3 install rust_with_cffi/dist/rust_with_cffi*.whl
+python3 -c "from rust_with_cffi import rust; assert rust.rust_func() == 14"
+python3 -c "from rust_with_cffi.cffi import lib; assert lib.cffi_func() == 15"
+"""
+
+    session.run(
+        "docker",
+        "run",
+        "--rm",
+        "-v",
+        f"{pwd}:/io",
+        "-w",
+        "/io",
+        "--platform",
+        docker_platform,
+        "python:3.9",
+        "bash",
+        "-c",
+        script_check,
+        external=True,
+    )
+
+
 @nox.session()
 def mypy(session: nox.Session):
     session.install("mypy", "fat_macho", "types-setuptools", ".")