diff --git a/.ci/test.sh b/.ci/test.sh
index 87a605d84..65ae84255 100755
--- a/.ci/test.sh
+++ b/.ci/test.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ set -e
 
 python3 -c "from PIL import Image"
 
-python3 -bb -m pytest -vv -x -W always --cov PIL --cov Tests --cov-report term --cov-report xml Tests $REVERSE
+python3 -bb -m pytest -vv -x -W always --cov PIL --cov Tests --cov-report term --cov-report xml Tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index da3eea066..d22484dfc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
           "3.10",
         ]
         include:
-        - { python-version: "3.12", PYTHONOPTIMIZE: 1, REVERSE: "--reverse" }
+        - { python-version: "3.12", PYTHONOPTIMIZE: 1 }
         - { python-version: "3.11", PYTHONOPTIMIZE: 2 }
         # Free-threaded
         - { python-version: "3.15t", disable-gil: true }
@@ -123,9 +123,6 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Test
       run: |
-        if [ $REVERSE ]; then
-          python3 -m pip install pytest-reverse
-        fi
         if [ "${{ matrix.os }}" = "ubuntu-latest" ]; then
           xvfb-run -s '-screen 0 1024x768x24' sway&
           export WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-1
@@ -135,7 +132,6 @@ jobs:
         fi
       env:
         PYTHONOPTIMIZE: ${{ matrix.PYTHONOPTIMIZE }}
-        REVERSE: ${{ matrix.REVERSE }}
 
     - name: Prepare to upload errors
       if: failure()