diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml
index f9538988ef471..58de56108dcd6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-build.yaml
@@ -420,7 +420,6 @@ jobs:
           # port 8080 which is not visible in netstat -tulpen, but still there
           # with a HTTP listener. We have API server listening on port 8088
           # instead.
-          make controller repo-server server applicationset-controller
           make start-e2e-local 2>&1 | sed -r "s/[[:cntrl:]]\[[0-9]{1,3}m//g" > /tmp/e2e-server.log &
           count=1
           until curl -f http://127.0.0.1:8088/healthz; do
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1984c6aaddaf1..e0e2ccb7403e4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ ARGOCD_E2E_TEST_TIMEOUT?=30m
 
 ARGOCD_IN_CI?=false
 ARGOCD_TEST_E2E?=true
+ARGOCD_BIN_MODE?=true
 
 ARGOCD_LINT_GOGC?=20
 
@@ -417,7 +418,7 @@ start-e2e: test-tools-image
 
 # Starts e2e server locally (or within a container)
 .PHONY: start-e2e-local
-start-e2e-local: mod-vendor-local dep-ui-local
+start-e2e-local: mod-vendor-local dep-ui-local cli-local
 	kubectl create ns argocd-e2e || true
 	kubectl config set-context --current --namespace=argocd-e2e
 	kustomize build test/manifests/base | kubectl apply -f -
@@ -438,6 +439,7 @@ start-e2e-local: mod-vendor-local dep-ui-local
 	ARGOCD_E2E_DISABLE_AUTH=false \
 	ARGOCD_ZJWT_FEATURE_FLAG=always \
 	ARGOCD_IN_CI=$(ARGOCD_IN_CI) \
+	BIN_MODE=$(ARGOCD_BIN_MODE) \
 	ARGOCD_E2E_TEST=true \
 		goreman -f $(ARGOCD_PROCFILE) start ${ARGOCD_START}