diff --git a/ci/script_multi.sh b/ci/script_multi.sh
index 2b2d4d5488b91..dcc5a14d7b3b4 100755
--- a/ci/script_multi.sh
+++ b/ci/script_multi.sh
@@ -28,16 +28,16 @@ if [ "$DOC" ]; then
 
 elif [ "$COVERAGE" ]; then
     echo pytest -s -n 2 -m "not single" --cov=pandas --cov-report xml:/tmp/cov-multiple.xml --junitxml=/tmp/multiple.xml --strict $TEST_ARGS pandas
-    pytest -s -n 2 -m "not single" --cov=pandas --cov-report xml:/tmp/cov-multiple.xml --junitxml=/tmp/multiple.xml --strict $TEST_ARGS pandas
+    pytest      -s -n 2 -m "not single" --cov=pandas --cov-report xml:/tmp/cov-multiple.xml --junitxml=/tmp/multiple.xml --strict $TEST_ARGS pandas
 
 elif [ "$SLOW" ]; then
     TEST_ARGS="--only-slow --skip-network"
-    echo pytest -r xX -m "not single and slow" -v --junitxml=/tmp/multiple.xml --strict $TEST_ARGS pandas
-    pytest -r xX -m "not single and slow" -v --junitxml=/tmp/multiple.xml --strict $TEST_ARGS pandas
+    echo pytest -m "not single and slow" -v --junitxml=/tmp/multiple.xml --strict $TEST_ARGS pandas
+    pytest      -m "not single and slow" -v --junitxml=/tmp/multiple.xml --strict $TEST_ARGS pandas
 
 else
-    echo pytest -n 2 -r xX -m "not single" --junitxml=/tmp/multiple.xml --strict $TEST_ARGS pandas
-    pytest -n 2 -r xX -m "not single" --junitxml=/tmp/multiple.xml --strict $TEST_ARGS pandas # TODO: doctest
+    echo pytest -n 2 -m "not single" --junitxml=/tmp/multiple.xml --strict $TEST_ARGS pandas
+    pytest      -n 2 -m "not single" --junitxml=/tmp/multiple.xml --strict $TEST_ARGS pandas # TODO: doctest
 
 fi
 
diff --git a/ci/script_single.sh b/ci/script_single.sh
index ed12ee35b9151..09e7446a2d876 100755
--- a/ci/script_single.sh
+++ b/ci/script_single.sh
@@ -25,14 +25,14 @@ if [ "$DOC" ]; then
     echo "We are not running pytest as this is a doc-build"
 
 elif [ "$COVERAGE" ]; then
-    echo pytest -s -m "single" -r xXs --strict --cov=pandas --cov-report xml:/tmp/cov-single.xml --junitxml=/tmp/single.xml $TEST_ARGS pandas
-    pytest      -s -m "single" -r xXs --strict --cov=pandas --cov-report xml:/tmp/cov-single.xml --junitxml=/tmp/single.xml $TEST_ARGS pandas
+    echo pytest -s -m "single" --strict --cov=pandas --cov-report xml:/tmp/cov-single.xml --junitxml=/tmp/single.xml $TEST_ARGS pandas
+    pytest      -s -m "single" --strict --cov=pandas --cov-report xml:/tmp/cov-single.xml --junitxml=/tmp/single.xml $TEST_ARGS pandas
 
-    echo pytest -s -r xXs --strict scripts
-    pytest      -s -r xXs --strict scripts
+    echo pytest -s --strict scripts
+    pytest      -s --strict scripts
 else
-    echo pytest -m "single" -r xXs --junitxml=/tmp/single.xml --strict $TEST_ARGS pandas
-    pytest      -m "single" -r xXs --junitxml=/tmp/single.xml --strict $TEST_ARGS pandas # TODO: doctest
+    echo pytest -m "single" --junitxml=/tmp/single.xml --strict $TEST_ARGS pandas
+    pytest      -m "single" --junitxml=/tmp/single.xml --strict $TEST_ARGS pandas # TODO: doctest
 
 fi