diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 0dad2f982..33b32a1ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ jobs:
           "ubuntu-py39",
           "ubuntu-py310",
           "ubuntu-py311",
-          "ubuntu-py311-exceptiongroup",
           "ubuntu-pypy3",
 
           "macos-py37",
@@ -116,10 +115,6 @@ jobs:
             os: ubuntu-latest
             tox_env: "py311"
             use_coverage: true
-          - name: "ubuntu-py311-exceptiongroup"
-            python: "3.11-dev"
-            os: ubuntu-latest
-            tox_env: "py311-exceptiongroup"
           - name: "ubuntu-pypy3"
             python: "pypy-3.7"
             os: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 68d1e3cc0..72e1d8d62 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -68,7 +68,8 @@ repos:
           - packaging
           - tomli
           - types-pkg_resources
-            # for python>=3.11
+            # for mypy running on python>=3.11 since exceptiongroup is only a dependency
+            # on <3.11
           - exceptiongroup>=1.0.0rc8
 -   repo: local
     hooks:
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 9a30bbc3a..f1ab4b815 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -11,13 +11,16 @@ envlist =
     py311
     pypy3
     py37-{pexpect,xdist,unittestextras,numpy,pluggymain}
-    py311-exceptiongroup
     doctesting
     plugins
     py37-freeze
     docs
     docs-checklinks
 
+    # checks that 3.11 native ExceptionGroup works with exceptiongroup
+    # not included in CI.
+    py311-exceptiongroup
+
 
 
 [testenv]