diff --git a/google-cloud-spanner/acceptance/spanner_helper.rb b/google-cloud-spanner/acceptance/spanner_helper.rb
index e363d1c15fdc..2de1d5fe33ce 100644
--- a/google-cloud-spanner/acceptance/spanner_helper.rb
+++ b/google-cloud-spanner/acceptance/spanner_helper.rb
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ def SecureRandom.int64
   random_bytes(8).unpack("q")[0]
 end
 
-# Disable exit handlers because it messes with minitest/autorun
-Concurrent.disable_at_exit_handlers!
-
 # Create shared spanner object so we don't create new for each test
 $spanner = Google::Cloud::Spanner.new