diff --git a/ci/build_docs.sh b/ci/build_docs.sh
index 6fe7bc9..477c559 100755
--- a/ci/build_docs.sh
+++ b/ci/build_docs.sh
@@ -41,4 +41,6 @@ rapids-mamba-retry install \
 
 rapids-print-env
 
+# Force minimal resource use as auto-configure may fail with few cores.
+LEGATE_CONFIG="--cpus=1 --gpus=0 --omps=0 --utility=1" \
 make -C docs html
diff --git a/conda/recipes/legate-boost/meta.yaml b/conda/recipes/legate-boost/meta.yaml
index 1db98b4..dadc1e0 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/legate-boost/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/recipes/legate-boost/meta.yaml
@@ -118,14 +118,17 @@ requirements:
 test:
   # import tests at build time do not work for the CUDA packages,
   # because builds happen on machines without a GPU
+  commands:
   {% if not gpu_enabled_bool %}
-  imports:
-    - legateboost
-    - legateboost.metrics
-    - legateboost.models
-    - legateboost.objectives
+    # Force minimal resource use as auto-configure may fail with few cores
+    # otherwise, should use `imports:` section.
+    - >
+      LEGATE_CONFIG="--cpus=1 --gpus=0 --omps=0 --utility=1" python -c "
+      import legateboost;
+      import legateboost.metrics;
+      import legateboost.models;
+      import legateboost.objectives"
   {% endif %}
-  commands:
     - pip show legate-boost
 
 about: