diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-sdk.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-sdk.yaml
index e64793b248670c1208b53cea16e8c8cc6986fc69..b5468e87a044353da42b774553c01fce94611ef0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-sdk.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-sdk.yaml
@@ -70,9 +70,7 @@ jobs:
         - name: Unused Dependencies
           run: cargo +nightly udeps
         - name: Additional per-crate checks
-          run: ../tools/additional-per-crate-checks.sh ./sdk/
-        - name: Canary check
-          run: ../tools/ci-cdk/canary-lambda/ci-check.sh
+          run: ../tools/additional-per-crate-checks.sh ./sdk/ ../tools/ci-cdk/
     env:
       # Disable incremental compilation to reduce disk space use
       CARGO_INCREMENTAL: 0
diff --git a/tools/additional-per-crate-checks.sh b/tools/additional-per-crate-checks.sh
index 9f83a7731ae7ecfca81a1ace01c1a78a5ae830f7..26e0aa4b518a64965d19c6a678e7edc9be08e580 100755
--- a/tools/additional-per-crate-checks.sh
+++ b/tools/additional-per-crate-checks.sh
@@ -4,22 +4,32 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0.
 #
 
-if [[ $# -ne 1 ]]; then
-    echo "Usage: $0 <runtime crate workspace path>"
+set -e
+
+# TTY colors
+C_CYAN='\033[1;36m'
+C_YELLOW='\033[1;33m'
+C_RESET='\033[0m'
+
+if [[ $# -lt 1 ]]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 [crate workspace path(s)...]"
+    echo "Recursively visits 'additional-ci' scripts in the given directories and executes them."
     exit 1
 fi
 
-cd $1
+for area in "$@"; do
+    pushd "${area}" &>/dev/null
+    echo -e "${C_CYAN}Scanning '${area}'...${C_RESET}"
 
-set -e
-
-for path in *; do
-    if [[ -d "${path}" && -f "${path}/Cargo.toml" && -f "${path}/additional-ci" ]]; then
+    find . -name 'additional-ci' -print0 | while read -d $'\0' file; do
         echo
-        echo "# Running additional checks for ${path}..."
+        echo -e "${C_YELLOW}Running additional checks script '${file}'...${C_RESET}"
         echo
-        pushd "${path}" &>/dev/null
+        pushd "$(dirname ${file})" &>/dev/null
         ./additional-ci
         popd &>/dev/null
-    fi
+    done
+
+    echo
+    popd &>/dev/null
 done
diff --git a/tools/ci-cdk/canary-lambda/ci-check.sh b/tools/ci-cdk/canary-lambda/additional-ci
similarity index 97%
rename from tools/ci-cdk/canary-lambda/ci-check.sh
rename to tools/ci-cdk/canary-lambda/additional-ci
index 1cd4ab26a78a9b9077d5c92d50c56de374447a40..51454ec0e7a57ce783c6f7e4e957d3e69c0ed3ee 100755
--- a/tools/ci-cdk/canary-lambda/ci-check.sh
+++ b/tools/ci-cdk/canary-lambda/additional-ci
@@ -13,5 +13,4 @@ if [[ "${GITHUB_ACTIONS}" == "true" ]]; then
 fi
 
 ./write-cargo-toml.py --path "${SDK_PATH}"
-cargo check
 cargo clippy