diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ae445709..2a0e5e99 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cargo fmt --all -- --check
 
       - name: Run clippy
-        run: cargo hack clippy --all-targets --feature-powerset --workspace -- --deny warnings
+        run: ./clippy.sh
 
       - run: cargo xtask public-api
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
@@ -165,10 +165,12 @@ jobs:
           CARGO_CFG_BPF_TARGET_ARCH: ${{ matrix.bpf_target_arch }}
         run: |
           set -euxo pipefail
-          cargo hack build --package aya-ebpf --package aya-log-ebpf \
-            --feature-powerset \
+          cargo hack build \
             --target ${{ matrix.target }} \
-            -Z build-std=core
+            -Z build-std=core \
+            --package aya-ebpf \
+            --package aya-log-ebpf \
+            --feature-powerset
 
       - name: Test
         env:
@@ -176,7 +178,8 @@ jobs:
           RUST_BACKTRACE: full
         run: |
           set -euxo pipefail
-          cargo hack test --doc \
+          cargo hack test \
+            --doc \
             --package aya-ebpf \
             --package aya-log-ebpf \
             --feature-powerset
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e1ecd0e4..2a41fa9c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -96,12 +96,6 @@ tokio = { version = "1.24.0", default-features = false }
 which = { version = "7.0.0", default-features = false }
 xdpilone = { version = "1.0.5", default-features = false }
 
-[profile.dev]
-panic = "abort"
-
-[profile.release]
-panic = "abort"
-
 [profile.release.package.integration-ebpf]
 debug = 2
 codegen-units = 1
diff --git a/clippy.sh b/clippy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..2c50ca8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/clippy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+# `-C panic=abort` because "unwinding panics are not supported without std";
+# integration-ebpf contains `#[no_std]` binaries.
+#
+# `-Zpanic_abort_tests` because "building tests with panic=abort is not supported without
+# `-Zpanic_abort_tests`"; Cargo does this automatically when panic=abort is set via profile
+# but we want to preserve unwinding at runtime - here we are just running clippy so we don't
+# care about unwinding behavior.
+#
+# `+nightly` because "the option `Z` is only accepted on the nightly compiler".
+exec cargo +nightly hack clippy "$@" --all-targets --feature-powerset --workspace -- --deny warnings -C panic=abort -Zpanic_abort_tests
diff --git a/test/integration-ebpf/.cargo/config.toml b/test/integration-ebpf/.cargo/config.toml
deleted file mode 100644
index d8d7a20c..00000000
--- a/test/integration-ebpf/.cargo/config.toml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-# We have this so that one doesn't need to manually pass
-# --target=bpfel-unknown-none -Z build-std=core when running cargo
-# check/build/doc etc.
-#
-# NB: this file gets loaded only if you run cargo from this directory, it's
-# ignored if you run from the workspace root. See
-# https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/config.html#hierarchical-structure
-[build]
-target = ["bpfeb-unknown-none", "bpfel-unknown-none"]
-
-[unstable]
-build-std = ["core"]
diff --git a/xtask/src/run.rs b/xtask/src/run.rs
index c92d08d5..98f55c61 100644
--- a/xtask/src/run.rs
+++ b/xtask/src/run.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pub fn build<F>(target: Option<&str>, f: F) -> Result<Vec<(String, PathBuf)>>
 where
     F: FnOnce(&mut Command) -> &mut Command,
 {
-    // Always use rust-lld and -Zbuild-std in case we're cross-compiling.
+    // Always use rust-lld in case we're cross-compiling.
     let mut cmd = Command::new("cargo");
     cmd.args(["build", "--message-format=json"]);
     if let Some(target) = target {