diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 43923126eb0..1bdfb7320a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -349,19 +349,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           toolchain: ${{ env.rust_min }}
       - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-      # First compile just the main tokio crate with minrust and newest version
-      # of all dependencies, then pin once_cell and compile the rest of the
-      # crates with the pinned once_cell version.
-      #
-      # This is necessary because tokio-util transitively depends on once_cell,
-      # which is not compatible with the current minrust after the 1.15.0
-      # release.
-      - name: "check -p tokio --all-features"
-        run: cargo check -p tokio --all-features
-        env:
-          RUSTFLAGS: "" # remove -Dwarnings
-      - name: "pin once_cell version"
-        run: cargo update -p once_cell --precise 1.14.0
       - name: "check --workspace --all-features"
         run: cargo check --workspace --all-features
         env: