diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/github/ci.yml.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/github/ci.yml.tt
index da661c710b715..0af0b0d6fd2ad 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/github/ci.yml.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/github/ci.yml.tt
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ jobs:
         <%- else -%>
         run: bin/rails db:test:prepare test test:system
         <%- end -%>
+      <%- unless options[:api] -%>
 
       - name: Keep screenshots from failed system tests
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -139,4 +140,5 @@ jobs:
           name: screenshots
           path: ${{ github.workspace }}/tmp/screenshots
           if-no-files-found: ignore
+      <%- end -%>
 <% end -%>
diff --git a/railties/test/generators/api_app_generator_test.rb b/railties/test/generators/api_app_generator_test.rb
index 0a0c3a100bba3..da29d99ba706b 100644
--- a/railties/test/generators/api_app_generator_test.rb
+++ b/railties/test/generators/api_app_generator_test.rb
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ def test_api_modified_files
     assert_file "config/environments/production.rb" do |content|
       assert_no_match(/action_controller\.perform_caching = true/, content)
     end
+
+    assert_file ".github/workflows/ci.yml" do |content|
+      assert_no_match(/test:system/, content)
+      assert_no_match(/screenshots/, content)
+    end
   end
 
   def test_dockerfile