diff --git a/internal/watcher/watcher_test.go b/internal/watcher/watcher_test.go
index 34b9cdc00..c48379eb4 100644
--- a/internal/watcher/watcher_test.go
+++ b/internal/watcher/watcher_test.go
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestWatchDirectory(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
 	tests := map[string]struct {
 		filesToUpdate []string
 		filesToRename []string
@@ -106,8 +104,6 @@ func TestWatchDirectory(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for name, tc := range tests {
 		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			t.Parallel()
-
 			temp := t.TempDir()
 			var dirs []string
 			for _, dir := range tc.existingDirs {
@@ -191,8 +187,6 @@ func TestWatchDirectory(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestRefreshGracePeriod(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
 	dir := "withsubdir"
 	temp := t.TempDir()
 	dest := filepath.Join(temp, dir)
@@ -239,8 +233,6 @@ func TestRefreshGracePeriod(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestUpdateDirs(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
 	temp := t.TempDir()
 	destKeep := filepath.Join(temp, "keep")
 	destRemove := filepath.Join(temp, "remove")
@@ -296,8 +288,6 @@ func TestUpdateDirs(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestUpdateDirsFailing(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
 	// If UpdateDirs is failing, we are still watching the old directories.
 
 	temp := t.TempDir()
@@ -340,8 +330,6 @@ func TestUpdateDirsFailing(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestUpdateDirsWithEmptyDirSlice(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
 	temp := t.TempDir()
 	dirToWatch := filepath.Join(temp, "watchdir")
 	testutils.Copy(t, filepath.Join("testdata", "withsubdir"), dirToWatch)
@@ -361,8 +349,6 @@ func TestUpdateDirsWithEmptyDirSlice(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestUpdateDirsOnStoppedWatcher(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
 	temp := t.TempDir()
 	prevDir := filepath.Join(temp, "prevdir")
 	curDir := filepath.Join(temp, "curdir")
@@ -394,8 +380,6 @@ func TestUpdateDirsOnStoppedWatcher(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestStopWithoutStart(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-
 	temp := t.TempDir()
 	w, err := watcher.New(context.Background(), []string{temp})
 	require.NoError(t, err, "Can't create watcher")