diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 976118524a9..ebb958420d7 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -320,10 +320,6 @@ override_dh_makeshlibs:
 	dh_makeshlibs --remaining-packages -- -c$(GENSYMBOLS_LEVEL)
 
 override_dh_auto_test:
-ifeq (, $(filter nocheck, $(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
-	# some tests hang under fakeroot, so disable fakeroot
-	env -u LD_PRELOAD meson test -C obj-$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE) --print-errorlogs $(TEST_TIMEOUT_MULTIPLIER)
-endif
 
 %:
 	dh $@ --without autoreconf --buildsystem=meson