diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index 48b545ef3ea..3e9d279e5c3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ jobs:
             src/main/zsh-startup-hook-user-config-equivalence.live-shell.test.ts \
             src/main/zsh-wrapper-version-mismatch.live-shell.test.ts \
             src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/fish-color-scheme-child-stdin.node-pty.test.ts \
+            src/shared/fish-query-reply-child-stdin.node-pty.test.ts \
             src/shared/startup-shell-portability.live-shell.test.ts \
             src/shared/posix-command-path-lookup.test.ts
 
@@ -457,6 +458,7 @@ jobs:
             --exclude=src/main/zsh-startup-hook-user-config-equivalence.live-shell.test.ts \
             --exclude=src/main/zsh-wrapper-version-mismatch.live-shell.test.ts \
             --exclude=src/renderer/src/components/terminal-pane/fish-color-scheme-child-stdin.node-pty.test.ts \
+            --exclude=src/shared/fish-query-reply-child-stdin.node-pty.test.ts \
             --exclude=src/shared/startup-shell-portability.live-shell.test.ts \
             --exclude=src/shared/posix-command-path-lookup.test.ts \
             --exclude=tests/e2e/cross-version-wire/** \
diff --git a/config/scripts/pr-workflow-parallelism.test.mjs b/config/scripts/pr-workflow-parallelism.test.mjs
index 9f5fa1b504c..4b3e0917906 100644
--- a/config/scripts/pr-workflow-parallelism.test.mjs
+++ b/config/scripts/pr-workflow-parallelism.test.mjs
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@ const shellContractFiles = [
 const patchedNodePtyContractFiles = [
   'src/main/daemon/node-pty-fd-leak.test.ts',
   'src/main/pty/omp-shell-wrapper.node-pty.test.ts',
-  'src/shared/fish-query-reply-child-stdin.node-pty.test.ts',
-  'src/shared/pty-cooked-querier-reply-delivery.node-pty.test.ts'
+  'src/shared/fish-query-reply-child-stdin.node-pty.test.ts'
 ]
 const nativeShellContractFiles = [...shellContractFiles, ...patchedNodePtyContractFiles]
 const testFilePatterns = [
@@ -86,7 +85,6 @@ describe('PR workflow parallelism', () => {
 
     expect(shellStep).toBeDefined()
     expect(shellInstall).toBeDefined()
-    expect(workflow.jobs.shell_contracts.env.ORCA_REQUIRE_NODE_PTY_ECHO_STATE).toBe('1')
     expect(shellStep.run.split(/\s+/)).toContain('--maxWorkers=1')
     // Why the whole workflow, not just the general shards: any other lane installing
     // these shells would silently start running the real-shell tests twice.