diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request_push_test.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request_push_test.yml
index 1e65e7a9f..7c41eba2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request_push_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request_push_test.yml
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ jobs:
           SQL1_PASSWORD: ${{secrets.SQL1_PASSWORD}}
         run: |
           # run only test with databricks. run in 4 parallel jobs
-          pytest -n 6 feathr_project/test/
+          pytest feathr_project/test/
 
   azure_synapse_test:
     # might be a bit duplication to setup both the azure_synapse test and databricks test, but for now we will keep those to accelerate the test speed
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           # skip databricks related test as we just ran the test; also seperate databricks and synapse test to make sure there's no write conflict
           # run in 4 parallel jobs to make the time shorter
-          pytest -n 6 feathr_project/test/
+          pytest feathr_project/test/
 
   local_spark_test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/feathr_project/setup.py b/feathr_project/setup.py
index 0a6b38d49..d42067564 100644
--- a/feathr_project/setup.py
+++ b/feathr_project/setup.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
         "black>=22.1.0",    # formatter
         "isort",            # sort import statements
         "pytest>=7",
-        "pytest-xdist",
         "pytest-mock>=3.8.1",
     ],
     notebook=[