diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 78d0786fb934a3..01e68470c0e481 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-test-${{ env.cache-name }}-
             ${{ runner.os }}-test-${{ matrix.os }}
             ${{ runner.os }}-
-      - run: julia --color=yes .ci/test_and_change_uuid.jl
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-buildpkg@v1
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-runtest@v1
+        env:
+          JULIA_DISTRIBUTED_TESTING_STANDALONE: 1
       - uses: julia-actions/julia-processcoverage@v1
       - uses: codecov/codecov-action@v1
         with:
diff --git a/test/distributed_exec.jl b/test/distributed_exec.jl
index 43e02c92b5a818..648cde57b8c131 100644
--- a/test/distributed_exec.jl
+++ b/test/distributed_exec.jl
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@
 using Test, Distributed, Random, Serialization, Sockets
 import Distributed: launch, manage
 
+sharedir = normpath(joinpath(Sys.BINDIR, "..", "share"))
+if parse(Bool, get(ENV, "JULIA_DISTRIBUTED_TESTING_STANDALONE", "false"))
+    @test !startswith(pathof(Distributed), sharedir)
+else
+    @test startswith(pathof(Distributed), sharedir)
+end
+
 @test cluster_cookie() isa String
 
 include(joinpath(Sys.BINDIR, "..", "share", "julia", "test", "testenv.jl"))