diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
index e73312fe..8c294c6a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml
@@ -26,6 +26,4 @@ jobs:
     name: Verify
     uses: apache/maven-gh-actions-shared/.github/workflows/maven-verify.yml@v5
     with:
-      # one full run on the oldest Maven the ASF parent lets us build with, next to the regular matrix
-      matrix-include: '[{"os": "ubuntu-latest", "jdk": "8", "distribution": "zulu", "maven": "3.9.0"}]'
       maven4-enabled: true
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