diff --git a/.github/labeler.yml b/.github/labeler.yml
index a2c0247776..908435af28 100644
--- a/.github/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/labeler.yml
@@ -526,7 +526,6 @@ Windows:
       - changed-files:
           - any-glob-to-all-files: "{\
               appveyor.*,\
-              .github/workflows/cygwin.yml,\
               .github/workflows/windows.yml,\
               CMake/Platforms/WindowsCache.cmake,\
               lib/*win32*,\
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cygwin.yml b/.github/workflows/cygwin.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b9232fa0cc..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/cygwin.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,185 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright (C) Viktor Szakats
-#
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
-
-name: Cygwin
-
-'on':
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-      - '*/ci'
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '**/*.md'
-      - '.circleci/**'
-      - 'appveyor.*'
-      - 'packages/**'
-      - 'plan9/**'
-      - 'projects/**'
-      - 'winbuild/**'
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - master
-    paths-ignore:
-      - '**/*.md'
-      - '.circleci/**'
-      - 'appveyor.*'
-      - 'packages/**'
-      - 'plan9/**'
-      - 'projects/**'
-      - 'winbuild/**'
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.sha }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-permissions: {}
-
-jobs:
-  cygwin:
-    name: "cygwin, ${{ matrix.build == 'cmake' && 'CM' || 'AM' }} ${{ matrix.platform }} ${{ matrix.name }}"
-    runs-on: windows-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 45
-    defaults:
-      run:
-        shell: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe '{0}'
-    env:
-      SHELLOPTS: 'igncr'
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        include:
-          - { build: 'automake', platform: 'x86_64', tflags: 'skiprun', config: '', name: 'openssl R' }
-          - { build: 'cmake'   , platform: 'x86_64', tflags: ''       , config: '-DENABLE_DEBUG=ON -DCURL_USE_OPENSSL=ON -DENABLE_THREADED_RESOLVER=OFF', name: 'openssl' }
-      fail-fast: false
-    steps:
-      - run: git config --global core.autocrlf input
-        shell: pwsh
-      - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4
-      - uses: cygwin/cygwin-install-action@006ad0b0946ca6d0a3ea2d4437677fa767392401 # v4
-        with:
-          platform: ${{ matrix.platform }}
-          site: https://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin/
-          # https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi
-          packages: >-
-            autoconf libtool gcc-core gcc-g++ binutils
-            ${{ matrix.build }} make ninja
-            openssh
-            libssl-devel
-            libssh2-devel
-            libpsl-devel
-            zlib-devel
-            libbrotli-devel
-            libnghttp2-devel
-
-      - name: 'autotools autoreconf'
-        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'automake' }}
-        timeout-minutes: 2
-        run: autoreconf -fi
-
-      - name: 'autotools configure'
-        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'automake' }}
-        timeout-minutes: 5
-        run: |
-          PATH="/usr/bin:$(cygpath "${SYSTEMROOT}")/System32"
-          mkdir bld && cd bld && ../configure --enable-unity --enable-test-bundles --enable-warnings --enable-werror \
-            --prefix="${HOME}"/install \
-            --with-openssl \
-            --with-libssh2 \
-            --disable-dependency-tracking \
-            ${{ matrix.config }}
-
-      - name: 'autotools configure log'
-        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'automake' && !cancelled() }}
-        run: cat bld/config.log 2>/dev/null || true
-
-      - name: 'curl_config.h'
-        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'automake' }}
-        run: cat bld/lib/curl_config.h | grep -F '#define' | sort || true
-
-      - name: 'curl_config.h (full)'
-        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'automake' }}
-        run: cat bld/lib/curl_config.h || true
-
-      - name: 'autotools build'
-        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'automake' }}
-        timeout-minutes: 10
-        run: make -C bld -j5 V=1 install
-
-      - name: 'curl version'
-        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'automake' }}
-        timeout-minutes: 1
-        run: |
-          find . -name '*.exe' -o -name '*.dll'
-          bld/src/curl.exe --disable --version
-
-      - name: 'autotools build tests'
-        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'automake' && matrix.tflags != 'skipall' }}
-        timeout-minutes: 15
-        run: make -C bld -j5 V=1 -C tests
-
-      - name: 'autotools run tests'
-        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'automake' && matrix.tflags != 'skipall' && matrix.tflags != 'skiprun' }}
-        timeout-minutes: 15
-        run: |
-          export TFLAGS='-j20 ${{ matrix.tflags }} ~615'
-          if [ -x "$(cygpath "${SYSTEMROOT}/System32/curl.exe")" ]; then
-            TFLAGS+=" -ac $(cygpath "${SYSTEMROOT}/System32/curl.exe")"
-          fi
-          make -C bld -j5 V=1 test-ci
-
-      - name: 'cmake configure'
-        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'cmake' }}
-        timeout-minutes: 5
-        run: |
-          PATH="/usr/bin:$(cygpath "${SYSTEMROOT}")/System32"
-          cmake -B bld -G Ninja ${options} \
-            -DCMAKE_UNITY_BUILD=ON -DCURL_TEST_BUNDLES=ON \
-            -DCURL_WERROR=ON \
-            -DCURL_BROTLI=ON \
-            ${{ matrix.config }}
-
-      - name: 'cmake configure log'
-        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'cmake' && !cancelled() }}
-        run: cat bld/CMakeFiles/CMake*.yaml 2>/dev/null || true
-
-      - name: 'curl_config.h'
-        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'cmake' }}
-        run: cat bld/lib/curl_config.h | grep -F '#define' | sort || true
-
-      - name: 'curl_config.h (full)'
-        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'cmake' }}
-        run: cat bld/lib/curl_config.h || true
-
-      - name: 'cmake build'
-        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'cmake' }}
-        timeout-minutes: 10
-        run: cmake --build bld --config '${{ matrix.type }}' --parallel 5
-
-      - name: 'curl version'
-        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'cmake' }}
-        timeout-minutes: 1
-        run: |
-          find . -name '*.exe' -o -name '*.dll'
-          PATH="$PWD/bld/lib:$PATH"
-          bld/src/curl.exe --disable --version
-
-      - name: 'cmake build tests'
-        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'cmake' && matrix.tflags != 'skipall' }}
-        timeout-minutes: 15
-        run: cmake --build bld --config '${{ matrix.type }}' --parallel 5 --target testdeps
-
-      - name: 'cmake run tests'
-        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'cmake' && matrix.tflags != 'skipall' && matrix.tflags != 'skiprun' }}
-        timeout-minutes: 15
-        run: |
-          export TFLAGS='-j8 ${{ matrix.tflags }} ~615'
-          if [ -x "$(cygpath "${SYSTEMROOT}/System32/curl.exe")" ]; then
-            TFLAGS+=" -ac $(cygpath "${SYSTEMROOT}/System32/curl.exe")"
-          fi
-          PATH="$PWD/bld/lib:$PATH"
-          cmake --build bld --config '${{ matrix.type }}' --target test-ci
-
-      - name: 'cmake build examples'
-        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'cmake' }}
-        timeout-minutes: 5
-        run: cmake --build bld --config '${{ matrix.type }}' --parallel 5 --target curl-examples
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index b35173b0ce..54ab1000a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,154 @@ concurrency:
 permissions: {}
 
 jobs:
+  cygwin:
+    name: "cygwin, ${{ matrix.build == 'cmake' && 'CM' || 'AM' }} ${{ matrix.platform }} ${{ matrix.name }}"
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 45
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: C:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe '{0}'
+    env:
+      SHELLOPTS: 'igncr'
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - { build: 'automake', platform: 'x86_64', tflags: 'skiprun', config: '', name: 'openssl R' }
+          - { build: 'cmake'   , platform: 'x86_64', tflags: ''       , config: '-DENABLE_DEBUG=ON -DCURL_USE_OPENSSL=ON -DENABLE_THREADED_RESOLVER=OFF', name: 'openssl' }
+      fail-fast: false
+    steps:
+      - run: git config --global core.autocrlf input
+        shell: pwsh
+      - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4
+      - uses: cygwin/cygwin-install-action@006ad0b0946ca6d0a3ea2d4437677fa767392401 # v4
+        with:
+          platform: ${{ matrix.platform }}
+          site: https://mirrors.kernel.org/sourceware/cygwin/
+          # https://cygwin.com/cgi-bin2/package-grep.cgi
+          packages: >-
+            autoconf libtool gcc-core gcc-g++ binutils
+            ${{ matrix.build }} make ninja
+            openssh
+            libssl-devel
+            libssh2-devel
+            libpsl-devel
+            zlib-devel
+            libbrotli-devel
+            libnghttp2-devel
+
+      - name: 'autotools autoreconf'
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'automake' }}
+        timeout-minutes: 2
+        run: autoreconf -fi
+
+      - name: 'autotools configure'
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'automake' }}
+        timeout-minutes: 5
+        run: |
+          PATH="/usr/bin:$(cygpath "${SYSTEMROOT}")/System32"
+          mkdir bld && cd bld && ../configure --enable-unity --enable-test-bundles --enable-warnings --enable-werror \
+            --prefix="${HOME}"/install \
+            --with-openssl \
+            --with-libssh2 \
+            --disable-dependency-tracking \
+            ${{ matrix.config }}
+
+      - name: 'autotools configure log'
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'automake' && !cancelled() }}
+        run: cat bld/config.log 2>/dev/null || true
+
+      - name: 'curl_config.h'
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'automake' }}
+        run: cat bld/lib/curl_config.h | grep -F '#define' | sort || true
+
+      - name: 'curl_config.h (full)'
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'automake' }}
+        run: cat bld/lib/curl_config.h || true
+
+      - name: 'autotools build'
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'automake' }}
+        timeout-minutes: 10
+        run: make -C bld -j5 V=1 install
+
+      - name: 'curl version'
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'automake' }}
+        timeout-minutes: 1
+        run: |
+          find . -name '*.exe' -o -name '*.dll'
+          bld/src/curl.exe --disable --version
+
+      - name: 'autotools build tests'
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'automake' && matrix.tflags != 'skipall' }}
+        timeout-minutes: 15
+        run: make -C bld -j5 V=1 -C tests
+
+      - name: 'autotools run tests'
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'automake' && matrix.tflags != 'skipall' && matrix.tflags != 'skiprun' }}
+        timeout-minutes: 15
+        run: |
+          export TFLAGS='-j20 ${{ matrix.tflags }} ~615'
+          if [ -x "$(cygpath "${SYSTEMROOT}/System32/curl.exe")" ]; then
+            TFLAGS+=" -ac $(cygpath "${SYSTEMROOT}/System32/curl.exe")"
+          fi
+          make -C bld -j5 V=1 test-ci
+
+      - name: 'cmake configure'
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'cmake' }}
+        timeout-minutes: 5
+        run: |
+          PATH="/usr/bin:$(cygpath "${SYSTEMROOT}")/System32"
+          cmake -B bld -G Ninja ${options} \
+            -DCMAKE_UNITY_BUILD=ON -DCURL_TEST_BUNDLES=ON \
+            -DCURL_WERROR=ON \
+            -DCURL_BROTLI=ON \
+            ${{ matrix.config }}
+
+      - name: 'cmake configure log'
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'cmake' && !cancelled() }}
+        run: cat bld/CMakeFiles/CMake*.yaml 2>/dev/null || true
+
+      - name: 'curl_config.h'
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'cmake' }}
+        run: cat bld/lib/curl_config.h | grep -F '#define' | sort || true
+
+      - name: 'curl_config.h (full)'
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'cmake' }}
+        run: cat bld/lib/curl_config.h || true
+
+      - name: 'cmake build'
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'cmake' }}
+        timeout-minutes: 10
+        run: cmake --build bld --config '${{ matrix.type }}' --parallel 5
+
+      - name: 'curl version'
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'cmake' }}
+        timeout-minutes: 1
+        run: |
+          find . -name '*.exe' -o -name '*.dll'
+          PATH="$PWD/bld/lib:$PATH"
+          bld/src/curl.exe --disable --version
+
+      - name: 'cmake build tests'
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'cmake' && matrix.tflags != 'skipall' }}
+        timeout-minutes: 15
+        run: cmake --build bld --config '${{ matrix.type }}' --parallel 5 --target testdeps
+
+      - name: 'cmake run tests'
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'cmake' && matrix.tflags != 'skipall' && matrix.tflags != 'skiprun' }}
+        timeout-minutes: 15
+        run: |
+          export TFLAGS='-j8 ${{ matrix.tflags }} ~615'
+          if [ -x "$(cygpath "${SYSTEMROOT}/System32/curl.exe")" ]; then
+            TFLAGS+=" -ac $(cygpath "${SYSTEMROOT}/System32/curl.exe")"
+          fi
+          PATH="$PWD/bld/lib:$PATH"
+          cmake --build bld --config '${{ matrix.type }}' --target test-ci
+
+      - name: 'cmake build examples'
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'cmake' }}
+        timeout-minutes: 5
+        run: cmake --build bld --config '${{ matrix.type }}' --parallel 5 --target curl-examples
+
   msys2:  # both msys and mingw-w64
     name: "${{ matrix.sys == 'msys' && 'msys2' || 'mingw' }}, ${{ matrix.build == 'cmake' && 'CM' || 'AM' }} ${{ matrix.env }} ${{ matrix.name }} ${{ matrix.test }}"
     runs-on: windows-latest