diff --git a/.github/workflows/unittests.yml b/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
index 3fdff083..dcfc27e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/unittests.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
  jobs:
    unittests:
      env:
-       RUN_TEST: pytest -v spreg -n auto --cov=spreg --doctest-modules --cov-config=.coveragerc --cov-report=xml --color yes --cov-append --cov-report term-missing
+       RUN_TEST: pytest -v spreg -n auto --cov=spreg --cov-config=.coveragerc --cov-report=xml --color yes --cov-append --cov-report term-missing
      name: ${{ matrix.os }}, ${{ matrix.environment-file }}
      runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
      timeout-minutes: 30