diff --git a/src/cmd/dist/test.go b/src/cmd/dist/test.go
index 1d8125c51d0..31265d6ecac 100644
--- a/src/cmd/dist/test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/dist/test.go
@@ -584,9 +584,6 @@ func (t *tester) registerTests() {
 		}
 		if t.race {
 			for _, pkg := range pkgs {
-				if registerStdTestSpecially[pkg] {
-					continue
-				}
 				if t.packageHasBenchmarks(pkg) {
 					t.registerRaceBenchTest(pkg)
 				}