diff --git a/azure/cargo-check.yml b/azure/cargo-check.yml
index 2cb8ded..f788f49 100644
--- a/azure/cargo-check.yml
+++ b/azure/cargo-check.yml
@@ -17,13 +17,6 @@ jobs:
     parameters:
       rust: ${{ parameters.rust }}
       setup: ${{ parameters.setup }}
-  - script: cargo check --all --bins --examples --tests
-    displayName: Check compilation w/ default features
-  - script: cargo check --all --bins --examples --tests --no-default-features
-    displayName: Check compilation w/ no features
-  - ${{ if eq('true', parameters.all_features) }}:
-    - script: cargo check --all --bins --examples --tests --all-features
-      displayName: Check compilation w/ all features
   - bash: |
       if git cat-file -e HEAD:Cargo.lock; then
         echo 'Found Cargo.lock';
@@ -33,17 +26,16 @@ jobs:
         echo '##vso[task.setvariable variable=is_locked]false';
       fi
     displayName: Are dependencies locked?
-  # we only check with --all here since we don't care about the actual
-  # compilation, just the dependencies + dev-dependencies resolution.
-  # we _do_ include all features as it may matter though
+  - script: cargo check --locked
+    condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables.is_locked, 'true'))
+    displayName: Check that Cargo.lock is satisfiable
+  - script: cargo check --all --bins --examples --tests
+    displayName: Check compilation w/ default features
+  - script: cargo check --all --bins --examples --tests --no-default-features
+    displayName: Check compilation w/ no features
   - ${{ if eq('true', parameters.all_features) }}:
-    - script: cargo check --all --locked --all-features
-      condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables.is_locked, 'true'))
-      displayName: Check that Cargo.lock is satisfiable
-  - ${{ if ne('true', parameters.all_features) }}:
-    - script: cargo check --all --locked
-      condition: and(succeeded(), eq(variables.is_locked, 'true'))
-      displayName: Check that Cargo.lock is satisfiable
+    - script: cargo check --all --bins --examples --tests --all-features
+      displayName: Check compilation w/ all features
 
   - ${{ if ne('false', parameters.benches) }}:
     - script: cargo check --benches --all