diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yaml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
index 0f6e68225..77eaf7c43 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ jobs:
         -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache
         -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache
         -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS=-DQD_MEMORY_DEBUG
-        -DUSE_BWRAP=ON
         -DRUNTIME_CHECK=${{matrix.runtimeCheck}}
         -DSANITIZE_PYTHON=OFF
         -DBUILD_BENCHMARKS=ON
@@ -253,7 +252,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install Linux runtime/test dependencies
         run: |
-          sudo apt update; sudo apt install -y libdw1 libsasl2-2 libsasl2-modules sasl2-bin libjsoncpp25 libwebsockets16 libbenchmark1 pixz bubblewrap curl ncat gdb elfutils findutils file python3-dbg
+          sudo apt update; sudo apt install -y libdw1 libsasl2-2 libsasl2-modules sasl2-bin libjsoncpp25 libwebsockets16 libbenchmark1 pixz curl ncat gdb elfutils findutils file python3-dbg
 
       - name: Unpack archive
         run: tar -I pixz -xf archive.tar.xz
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index d4d4ffe79..d1635341c 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,15 +70,7 @@ target_link_libraries(threaded_timer_test skupper-router)
 add_executable(adaptor_buffer_test adaptor_buffer_test.c)
 target_link_libraries(adaptor_buffer_test skupper-router)
 
-# Bubblewrap is an unprivileged sandboxing tool for Linux. Setting --unshare-net allows
-# running tests in parallel (the ctest -j option) without port clashes
-set(USE_BWRAP OFF CACHE BOOL "Wrap test executions with bwrap (https://github.com/containers/bubblewrap)")
-if(USE_BWRAP)
-  set(BWRAP_ARGS bwrap --bind / / --unshare-net --dev /dev --die-with-parent --)
-else()
-  set(BWRAP_ARGS "")
-endif()
-set(TEST_WRAP ${BWRAP_ARGS} ${Python_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/run.py)
+set(TEST_WRAP ${Python_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/run.py)
 
 add_test(unit_tests_size_10000 ${TEST_WRAP} unit_tests_size 10000)
 add_test(unit_tests_size_512   ${TEST_WRAP} unit_tests_size 512)