diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
index 675c613e9..659e2f798 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration.yml
@@ -124,7 +124,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Run tests for PHP 8"
         if: "matrix.php-version == '8.0'"
         run: |
+          # hack to workaround issue with react/promise, normally should just call bin/composer remove and skip the rm
           rm -rf vendor/symfony/phpunit-bridge
-          bin/composer remove --dev symfony/phpunit-bridge --ignore-platform-reqs
+          composer remove --dev symfony/phpunit-bridge --ignore-platform-reqs
           bin/composer require phpunit/phpunit:^7.5 --ignore-platform-reqs
           vendor/bin/phpunit