diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 24e9ada..efc556b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ env:
   # When it is loaded first on the path.
   #
   # With setuptools 75.3.0, nothing else worked for all the tools: not
-  # a strict editable_mode, not an empty __init__.py,
+  # a strict or compat editable_mode, not an empty __init__.py,
   #
   # See https://github.com/pypa/pip/issues/11587
   # And https://github.com/pypa/setuptools/issues/4039
@@ -48,11 +48,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         python -m pip install -U pip setuptools wheel
         python -m pip install -U coverage
-        python -m pip install -v -U -e ".${{ matrix.extras }}" --config-settings editable_mode=compat
-        python -c 'from nti import transactions; print(transactions)'
-        ls -l /opt/hostedtoolcache/Py*/*/*/lib/*/site-packages/nti
-        cat /opt/hostedtoolcache/Py*/*/*/lib/*/site-packages/nti/*py
-        cat /opt/hostedtoolcache/Py*/*/*/lib/*/site-packages/*.pth
+        python -m pip install -v -U -e ".${{ matrix.extras }}"
     - name: Test
       run: |
         python -m coverage run -m zope.testrunner --test-path=src  --auto-color --auto-progress