diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 2c8b2fb304..4dbccb1a29 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ using Distributed: addprocs, nworkers
 using Test
 
 if get(ENV, "CI", "false") == "true"
-    VERSION < v"1.8-" && # workaround the hang in CI
     addprocs(3)
 
     # Tests in `PerformanceTestTools.@include_foreach` might cause