diff --git a/.github/workflows/pytest.yaml b/.github/workflows/pytest.yaml
index e6217598c..ce6d1296f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pytest.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pytest.yaml
@@ -92,10 +92,6 @@ jobs:
       run: echo "RETICULATE_PYTHON=$pythonLocation" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       shell: bash
 
-    - name: Work around https://bugs.launchpad.net/lxml/+bug/2035206
-      if: matrix.python-version == '3.8'
-      run: pip install "lxml != 4.9.3"
-
     - name: Install Python package and dependencies
       # [docs] contains [tests], which contains [report,tutorial]
       run: |