diff --git a/swh/lister/rubygems/tests/test_lister.py b/swh/lister/rubygems/tests/test_lister.py
index 122c8c79dbdcefd0f16890c918751c7dbacf626d..8b80b519f01b46ae86776c67e3de76466a8be7c2 100644
--- a/swh/lister/rubygems/tests/test_lister.py
+++ b/swh/lister/rubygems/tests/test_lister.py
@@ -133,7 +133,6 @@ def network_requests_mock(datadir, requests_mock):
     )
 
 
-@pytest.mark.db
 def test_rubygems_lister(swh_scheduler, expected_listed_origins):
     lister = RubyGemsLister(scheduler=swh_scheduler)
     res = lister.run()