diff --git a/dev-R/brio/brio-1.1.3.ebuild b/dev-R/brio/brio-1.1.3.ebuild
index 5d5faea7ac..97925c9a52 100644
--- a/dev-R/brio/brio-1.1.3.ebuild
+++ b/dev-R/brio/brio-1.1.3.ebuild
@@ -20,8 +20,6 @@ SUGGESTED_PACKAGES="
 "
 
 src_test() {
-	if use test; then
-		cd "${WORKDIR}/${P}/tests"
-		NOT_CRAN=true R_LIBS="${T}/R" edo Rscript --vanilla testthat.R
-	fi
+	cd "${WORKDIR}/${P}/tests"
+	NOT_CRAN=true R_LIBS="${T}/R" edo Rscript --vanilla testthat.R
 }
diff --git a/dev-R/brio/metadata.xml b/dev-R/brio/metadata.xml
index fcca8c26ca..d61fa72ea0 100644
--- a/dev-R/brio/metadata.xml
+++ b/dev-R/brio/metadata.xml
@@ -17,7 +17,4 @@ files and provide more explicit control over line endings.</longdescription>
 		<bugs-to>https://github.com/r-lib/brio/issues</bugs-to>
 		<remote-id type="github">r-lib/brio</remote-id>
 	</upstream>
-	<use>
-		<flag name="test">Run the tests</flag>
-	</use>
 </pkgmetadata>