diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index ed82bea1b3..b9fa7b4f0b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -263,9 +263,9 @@ jobs:
           -DopenPMD_USE_PYTHON=ON \
           -DopenPMD_USE_INVASIVE_TESTS=ON
         cmake --build build --parallel 2
+        # Install the Julia side of CxxWrap
+        julia --eval 'using Pkg; Pkg.add("CxxWrap")'
         ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure
-        /usr/local/julia-1.7.3/bin/julia --eval 'using Pkg; Pkg.add("CxxWrap")'
-        /usr/local/julia-1.7.3/bin/julia src/binding/julia/tests/minimal_example.jl
 
   musllinux_py10:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
diff --git a/src/binding/julia/tests/minimal_example.jl b/src/binding/julia/tests/minimal_example.jl
deleted file mode 100644
index 0734a80ad9..0000000000
--- a/src/binding/julia/tests/minimal_example.jl
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-module openPMD
-using CxxWrap
-@wrapmodule("build/libopenPMD.jl")
-__init__() = @initcxx
-end
-
-Base.getindex(cont::openPMD.CXX_Container, index::Integer) = openPMD.cxx_getindex(cont, index)
-
-series = openPMD.CXX_Series("sample.json", openPMD.ACCESS_CREATE)
-openPMD.cxx_iterations(series)[100]
-openPMD.cxx_flush(series, "{}")