diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 008a8bc17..6a443422a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -65,15 +65,8 @@ jobs:
       with:
         submodules: true
     - name: Install dependencies
-      # Temporarily uninstall pkg-config@0.29.2 in order to work around a homebrew issue with pkg-config
-      # on github runners: https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/10984.
-      # Once the runners' image is updated (tracking https://github.com/actions/runner-images/pull/11011),
-      # we could revert to just:
-      #   brew update > /dev/null && brew install pkgconfig
       run: |
-          brew update
-          brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies --force pkg-config@0.29.2
-          brew install pkgconf
+        brew update > /dev/null && brew install pkgconfig
     - name: Install fuse
       run: |
         brew install --cask macfuse