diff --git a/src/sage/doctest/control.py b/src/sage/doctest/control.py
index 2d93841e50..937e20cd2e 100644
--- a/src/sage/doctest/control.py
+++ b/src/sage/doctest/control.py
@@ -414,10 +414,6 @@ class DocTestController(SageObject):
                 # that the package is actually installed).
                 if 'optional' in options.optional:
                     options.optional.discard('optional')
-                    from sage.misc.package import list_packages
-                    for pkg in list_packages('optional', local=True).values():
-                        if pkg.is_installed() and pkg.installed_version == pkg.remote_version:
-                            options.optional.add(pkg.name)
 
                     from sage.features import package_systems
                     options.optional.update(system.name