diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index bfe78746..08bcdcda 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: Run tests, inside a docker image, with all features
           command: docker run --rm -v "/cache/cargo/registry:/usr/local/cargo/registry" -v "/cache/target:/app/target" -it rust-libp2p cargo test --all --all-features
-      - run:
-          name: Try the async-await feature
-          command: docker run --rm -v "/cache/cargo/registry:/usr/local/cargo/registry" -v "/cache/target:/app/target" -it rust-libp2p cargo +nightly test --package libp2p-core --all-features
       - save_cache:
           key: test-cache
           paths: