diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 49ae2be23..c07e86f73 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -88,9 +88,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install deps
       run: |
         sudo apt install gettext libncurses5-dev libpcre2-dev python3-pip tmux
-        # Don't install pexpect here because this constantly blows the time budget.
-        # Try again once the rust port is done and we're hopefully not as slow anymore.
-        # sudo pip3 install pexpect
+        sudo pip3 install pexpect
     - name: cmake
       env:
           CC: clang