diff --git a/test/others/ns_ext/run.sh b/test/others/ns_ext/run.sh
index e416f95e5..4ebe3e280 100755
--- a/test/others/ns_ext/run.sh
+++ b/test/others/ns_ext/run.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ set -x
 
 if [[ "$1" == "pid" ]]; then
 	NS=pid
-	# CentOS 7 kernels do not have NSpid -> skip this test
-	grep NSpid /proc/self/status || exit 0
 else
 	NS=net
 fi
diff --git a/test/others/ns_ext/run_pidns.sh b/test/others/ns_ext/run_pidns.sh
index 08c5bff8e..db12106e0 100755
--- a/test/others/ns_ext/run_pidns.sh
+++ b/test/others/ns_ext/run_pidns.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 set -e
 
-# CentOS 7 kernels do not have NSpid -> skip this test
-grep NSpid /proc/self/status || exit 0
-
 # This test creates a process in non-host pidns and then dumps it and restores
 # it into host pidns. We use pid >100000 in non-host pidns to make sure it does
 # not intersect with some host pid on restore but it is potentially racy so
diff --git a/test/others/rpc/run.sh b/test/others/rpc/run.sh
index 9be577587..afd4fb5e3 100755
--- a/test/others/rpc/run.sh
+++ b/test/others/rpc/run.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-set -ex
-
-if [ -e /etc/os-release ]; then
-	. /etc/os-release
-	if [ "$ID" == "centos" ] && [[ "$VERSION_ID" == "7"* ]];then
-		echo "Skipping tests on CentOS 7 because they do not work in CI"
-		exit 0
-	fi
-fi
+set -e
 
 CRIU=./criu