diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index fe6ca6d..c0e2298 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ on:
     branches: [v1]
   pull_request:
   schedule:
-    # Run every Sunday
     - cron: "0 0 1 * *"
   workflow_dispatch:
 
@@ -16,7 +15,8 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         # don't run on windows-latest; it can't handle Unicode
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]  
+        # don't run on macos-latest; it can't install pytables
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]  
         python-version: ['3.10']
 
     steps:
@@ -35,4 +35,3 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           make tests
-