diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8470ff51722..782f28ec034 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -242,14 +242,16 @@ jobs:
       - uses: taiki-e/install-action@v2
         with:
           tool: nextest
-      - name: More writes_through_symlinks_are_prevented_even_if_overwriting_is_allowed reps
+      - name: Increase writes_through_symlinks_are_prevented_even_if_overwriting_is_allowed reps
         run: |
           # Prepend leading digits "24" to the upper bound of the label range.
           sed -Ei 's/^(#\[test_matrix\(0\.\.=)([[:digit:]]+\)])$/\124\2/' \
             gix-worktree-state/tests/state/checkout.rs
+      - name: Display the changes made for this test
+        run: git diff
       - name: Test writes_through_symlinks_are_prevented_even_if_overwriting_is_allowed (nextest)
         run: |
-          cargo nextest run -p gix-worktree-state-tests \
+          cargo nextest run -p gix-worktree-state-tests --no-default-features \
             writes_through_symlinks_are_prevented_even_if_overwriting_is_allowed \
             --status-level=fail --test-threads=${{ matrix.parallel-tests }}
 
diff --git a/gix-worktree-state/tests/state/checkout.rs b/gix-worktree-state/tests/state/checkout.rs
index 50ad0cd2d43..506b6471e06 100644
--- a/gix-worktree-state/tests/state/checkout.rs
+++ b/gix-worktree-state/tests/state/checkout.rs
@@ -689,10 +689,11 @@ fn probe_gitoxide_dir() -> crate::Result<gix_fs::Capabilities> {
 fn opts_from_probe() -> gix_worktree_state::checkout::Options {
     static CAPABILITIES: Lazy<gix_fs::Capabilities> = Lazy::new(|| probe_gitoxide_dir().unwrap());
 
+    // FIXME(integration): Restore multithreaded `thread_limit` prior to merging #2008.
     gix_worktree_state::checkout::Options {
         fs: *CAPABILITIES,
         destination_is_initially_empty: true,
-        thread_limit: gix_features::parallel::num_threads(None).into(),
+        thread_limit: Some(1), // gix_features::parallel::num_threads(None).into(),
         ..Default::default()
     }
 }