diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
index 245c7eb23b..47feb77d0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: ocaml/setup-ocaml@v3
         with:
           ocaml-compiler: ${{ matrix.ocaml-compiler }}
-          opam-depext-flags: --with-test # doesn't work (https://github.com/ocaml/opam/issues/5836)
 
       - name: Install graph-easy # TODO: remove if depext --with-test works
         if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/locked.yml b/.github/workflows/locked.yml
index 5f795fcf67..dbcb46635a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/locked.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/locked.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: ocaml/setup-ocaml@v3
         with:
           ocaml-compiler: ${{ matrix.ocaml-compiler }}
-          opam-depext-flags: --with-test # doesn't work (https://github.com/ocaml/opam/issues/5836)
 
       - name: Install graph-easy # TODO: remove if depext --with-test works
         if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' }}
@@ -90,7 +89,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: ocaml/setup-ocaml@v3
         with:
           ocaml-compiler: ${{ matrix.ocaml-compiler }}
-          opam-depext-flags: --with-test # doesn't work (https://github.com/ocaml/opam/issues/5836)
 
       - name: Install graph-easy # TODO: remove if depext --with-test works
         if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unlocked.yml b/.github/workflows/unlocked.yml
index 935bcfab25..60a9003c16 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unlocked.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unlocked.yml
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: ocaml/setup-ocaml@v3
         with:
           ocaml-compiler: ${{ matrix.ocaml-compiler }}
-          opam-depext-flags: --with-test # doesn't work (https://github.com/ocaml/opam/issues/5836)
 
       - name: Install graph-easy # TODO: remove if depext --with-test works
         if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' }}
@@ -109,7 +108,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: ocaml/setup-ocaml@v3
         with:
           ocaml-compiler: ${{ matrix.ocaml-compiler }}
-          opam-depext-flags: --with-test # doesn't work (https://github.com/ocaml/opam/issues/5836)
 
       - name: Install graph-easy # TODO: remove if depext --with-test works
         if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' }}
@@ -202,7 +200,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: ocaml/setup-ocaml@v3
         with:
           ocaml-compiler: ${{ matrix.ocaml-compiler }}
-          opam-depext-flags: --with-test # doesn't work (https://github.com/ocaml/opam/issues/5836)
 
       - name: Install graph-easy # TODO: remove if depext --with-test works
         if: ${{ matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' }}