diff --git a/.github/workflows/ninja_pr_checks.yml b/.github/workflows/ninja_pr_checks.yml
index b4bc032a70..de20ffd067 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ninja_pr_checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ninja_pr_checks.yml
@@ -175,10 +175,13 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ${{ matrix.example.path }}
         run: |
           dfx start --background
-          dfx deploy
-          if [ -f "Makefile" ]; then
+          if [ -f "test.sh" ]; then
+            echo "test.sh found, running bash test.sh"
+            bash test.sh
+          elif [ -f "Makefile" ]; then
             echo "Makefile found, running make test"
             make test
           else
-            echo "No Makefile found, skipping make test"
+            echo "No test.sh or Makefile found, running dfx deploy"
+            dfx deploy
           fi
diff --git a/rust/canister-info/Makefile b/rust/canister-info/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index d8ef0e076f..0000000000
--- a/rust/canister-info/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-.PHONY: all
-all: deploy
-
-.PHONY: build
-.SILENT: build
-deploy:
-	dfx deploy
-
-.PHONY: test
-.SILENT: test
-test: deploy
-	dfx canister call canister-info info "(principal\"`dfx canister id test`\")" --output idl | grep -x "(record.*controllers.*module_hash.*recent_changes.*creation.*code_deployment.*total_num_changes = 2.*)"
-	dfx canister call canister-info canister_controllers "(principal\"`dfx canister id test`\",variant {at_timestamp=`perl -MTime::HiRes=time -e 'printf "%d\n", 1e9*time'`})" --output idl | grep -x "(opt record.*vec.*`dfx identity get-principal`.*opt.*)"
-	dfx canister call canister-info canister_controllers "(principal\"`dfx canister id test`\",variant {at_version=2})" --output idl | grep -x "(opt record.*vec.*`dfx identity get-principal`.*null.*)"
-	dfx canister call canister-info canister_module_hash "(principal\"`dfx canister id test`\",variant {at_timestamp=`perl -MTime::HiRes=time -e 'printf "%d\n", 1e9*time'`})" --output idl | grep -x "(opt record.*opt.*blob.*opt.*)"
-	dfx canister call canister-info canister_module_hash "(principal\"`dfx canister id test`\",variant {at_version=2})" --output idl | grep -x "(opt record.*opt.*blob.*null.*)"
-	dfx canister call canister-info canister_deployment_chain "(principal\"`dfx canister id test`\",variant {at_timestamp=`perl -MTime::HiRes=time -e 'printf "%d\n", 1e9*time'`})" --output idl | grep -x "(record.*vec.*record.*code_deployment.*max_clock_skew.*opt.*)"
-	dfx canister call canister-info canister_deployment_chain "(principal\"`dfx canister id test`\",variant {at_version=2})" --output idl | grep -x "(record.*vec.*record.*code_deployment.*max_clock_skew.*null.*)"
-	dfx canister call canister-info reflexive_transitive_controllers "(principal\"`dfx canister id test`\")" --output idl | grep -x "(vec.*`dfx identity get-principal`.*)"
-
-.PHONY: clean
-.SILENT: clean
-clean:
-	rm -fr .dfx
diff --git a/rust/canister-info/test.sh b/rust/canister-info/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..91337629a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rust/canister-info/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+dfx deploy
+dfx canister call canister-info info "(principal \"`dfx canister id test`\")" --output idl | grep -x "(record.*controllers.*module_hash.*recent_changes.*creation.*code_deployment.*total_num_changes = 2.*)"
+dfx canister call canister-info canister_controllers "(principal \"`dfx canister id test`\",variant {at_timestamp=`perl -MTime::HiRes=time -e 'printf "%d\n", 1e9*time'`})" --output idl | grep -x "(opt record.*vec.*`dfx identity get-principal`.*opt.*)"
+dfx canister call canister-info canister_controllers "(principal \"`dfx canister id test`\",variant {at_version=2})" --output idl | grep -x "(opt record.*vec.*`dfx identity get-principal`.*null.*)"
+dfx canister call canister-info canister_module_hash "(principal \"`dfx canister id test`\",variant {at_timestamp=`perl -MTime::HiRes=time -e 'printf "%d\n", 1e9*time'`})" --output idl | grep -x "(opt record.*opt.*blob.*opt.*)"
+dfx canister call canister-info canister_module_hash "(principal \"`dfx canister id test`\",variant {at_version=2})" --output idl | grep -x "(opt record.*opt.*blob.*null.*)"
+dfx canister call canister-info canister_deployment_chain "(principal \"`dfx canister id test`\",variant {at_timestamp=`perl -MTime::HiRes=time -e 'printf "%d\n", 1e9*time'`})" --output idl | grep -x "(record.*vec.*record.*code_deployment.*max_clock_skew.*opt.*)"
+dfx canister call canister-info canister_deployment_chain "(principal \"`dfx canister id test`\",variant {at_version=2})" --output idl | grep -x "(record.*vec.*record.*code_deployment.*max_clock_skew.*null.*)"
+dfx canister call canister-info reflexive_transitive_controllers "(principal \"`dfx canister id test`\")" --output idl | grep -x "(vec.*`dfx identity get-principal`.*)"