diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yaml
index 6eb93703..60274d3f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yaml
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Select matrix Python for Poetry
         run: |
           poetry env use "${{ steps.setup-python.outputs.python-path }}"
-          poetry run python -c "import sys; expected=tuple(map(int, '${{ matrix.python-version }}'.split('.'))); actual=sys.version_info[:2]; print('Poetry Python:', sys.version); raise SystemExit(0 if actual == expected else 'Expected Python %s, got %s' % (expected, actual))"
 
       - name: Install invoke
         run: pipx install invoke