diff --git a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
index 85e20fa..7cdfee8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/R-CMD-check.yaml
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ jobs:
           - {os: macOS-latest,   r: 'release'}
           - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release'}
           - {os: windows-latest, r: '3.6'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-16.04,   r: 'devel', rspm: "https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/cran/__linux__/xenial/latest", http-user-agent: "R/4.0.0 (ubuntu-16.04) R (4.0.0 x86_64-pc-linux-gnu x86_64 linux-gnu) on GitHub Actions" }
           - {os: ubuntu-16.04,   r: 'release', rspm: "https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/cran/__linux__/xenial/latest"}
-          - {os: ubuntu-16.04,   r: 'oldrel',  rspm: "https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/cran/__linux__/xenial/latest"}
           - {os: ubuntu-16.04,   r: '3.5',     rspm: "https://packagemanager.rstudio.com/cran/__linux__/xenial/latest"}
     env:
       R_REMOTES_NO_ERRORS_FROM_WARNINGS: true