diff --git a/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml b/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
index 4b498e027..6c816ec7d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/code-quality.yml
@@ -137,7 +137,14 @@ jobs:
             extra="${extra} --workspace"
             ;;
           esac
-          S=$(cargo clippy --all-targets $extra --tests -pcoreutils -- -D warnings 2>&1) && printf "%s\n" "$S" || { printf "%s\n" "$S" ; printf "%s" "$S" | sed -E -n -e '/^error:/{' -e "N; s/^error:[[:space:]]+(.*)\\n[[:space:]]+-->[[:space:]]+(.*):([0-9]+):([0-9]+).*$/::${fault_type} file=\2,line=\3,col=\4::${fault_prefix}: \`cargo clippy\`: \1 (file:'\2', line:\3)/p;" -e '}' ; fault=true ; }
+          # * determine sub-crate utility list (similar to FreeBSD workflow)
+          if [[ "${{ matrix.job.features }}" == "all" ]]; then
+            UTILITY_LIST="$(./util/show-utils.sh --all-features)"
+          else
+            UTILITY_LIST="$(./util/show-utils.sh --features ${{ matrix.job.features }})"
+          fi
+          CARGO_UTILITY_LIST_OPTIONS="$(for u in ${UTILITY_LIST}; do echo -n "-puu_${u} "; done;)"
+          S=$(cargo clippy --all-targets $extra --tests --benches -pcoreutils ${CARGO_UTILITY_LIST_OPTIONS} -- -D warnings 2>&1) && printf "%s\n" "$S" || { printf "%s\n" "$S" ; printf "%s" "$S" | sed -E -n -e '/^error:/{' -e "N; s/^error:[[:space:]]+(.*)\\n[[:space:]]+-->[[:space:]]+(.*):([0-9]+):([0-9]+).*$/::${fault_type} file=\2,line=\3,col=\4::${fault_prefix}: \`cargo clippy\`: \1 (file:'\2', line:\3)/p;" -e '}' ; fault=true ; }
           if [ -n "${{ steps.vars.outputs.FAIL_ON_FAULT }}" ] && [ -n "$fault" ]; then exit 1 ; fi
 
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