diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 10cd130829..1c1c64f7bc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
       run: cargo update -p serde --precise 1.0.142
     - name: Run tests
       run: cargo --version &&
-        cargo test --verbose --manifest-path=opentelemetry/Cargo.toml --features trace,metrics,rt-tokio,testing &&
+        cargo test --verbose --manifest-path=opentelemetry/Cargo.toml --features trace,metrics,testing &&
         cargo test --manifest-path=opentelemetry-jaeger/Cargo.toml --features rt-tokio &&
         cargo test --manifest-path=opentelemetry-zipkin/Cargo.toml
   cargo-deny: