diff --git a/.github/workflows/root-ci-config/buildconfig/fedora39.txt b/.github/workflows/root-ci-config/buildconfig/fedora39.txt
index 91b1bd48a502d..b673e057646b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/root-ci-config/buildconfig/fedora39.txt
+++ b/.github/workflows/root-ci-config/buildconfig/fedora39.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 builtin_nlohmannjson=On
 builtin_vdt=On
-pythia8=Off
diff --git a/.github/workflows/root-ci-config/buildconfig/fedora40.txt b/.github/workflows/root-ci-config/buildconfig/fedora40.txt
index cb1da137b6b97..33dfb7b9d4518 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/root-ci-config/buildconfig/fedora40.txt
+++ b/.github/workflows/root-ci-config/buildconfig/fedora40.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,3 @@ builtin_zstd=ON
 builtin_zlib=ON
 builtin_nlohmannjson=On
 builtin_vdt=On
-pythia8=Off