diff --git a/Overlap/Tests/CMakeLists.txt b/Overlap/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 295773f31401337c115912556044c16d5d931e39..52e5d750fc92cf2e1b33de8b7e9c67fe5b9618ba 100644
--- a/Overlap/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Overlap/Tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ add_executable(test_read_eddy
   ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/Common/shpc_close.f90)
 
 target_link_libraries(test_read_eddy shapelib_03 contour_531 gpc_f
-  ezmpi nr_util MPI::MPI_Fortran jumble)
+  nr_util jumble)
 
 target_include_directories(test_read_eddy PRIVATE ${fortrangis_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
diff --git a/Overlap/Tests/short_tests.json b/Overlap/Tests/short_tests.json
index 2caf3962b29a1883dc430acf5d94f49e604c257e..f07c773371f551642cdb6842702a96fe4b073da6 100644
--- a/Overlap/Tests/short_tests.json
+++ b/Overlap/Tests/short_tests.json
@@ -26,16 +26,12 @@
                 "SHPC_old"
             ]
         ],
-        "stdout": "test_read_eddy_stdout.txt",
         "commands": [
             [
                 "mkdir",
                 "SHPC"
             ],
             [
-                "$mpiexec",
-                "-n",
-                "1",
                 "$build_dir/Overlap/test_read_eddy"
             ]
         ]
diff --git a/Overlap/Tests/test_read_eddy.f90 b/Overlap/Tests/test_read_eddy.f90
index e24efb92e389ed70341ad2d7de870a0b4fa401a0..0bd0a49509b518e7d6ce7792bbfbb1d522a8af0b 100644
--- a/Overlap/Tests/test_read_eddy.f90
+++ b/Overlap/Tests/test_read_eddy.f90
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 program test_read_eddy
 
-  ! Libraries:
-  use mpi_f08, only: mpi_init, mpi_finalize, MPI_Comm_rank, MPI_Comm_world, &
-       MPI_Comm_size, mpi_abort
-
   use derived_types, only: eddy, shpc
   use read_eddy_m, only: read_eddy
   use shpc_close_m, only: shpc_close
@@ -14,20 +10,11 @@ program test_read_eddy
   implicit none
 
   type(eddy) e
-  integer k, i, rank, n_proc
+  integer k, i
   TYPE(shpc) hshp
 
   !-------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-  call mpi_init
-  call MPI_Comm_rank(MPI_Comm_world, rank)
-  call mpi_comm_size(mpi_comm_world, n_proc)
-  
-  if (n_proc /= 1) then
-     if (rank == 0) print *, "test_read_eddy: 1 process only"
-     call mpi_abort(MPI_Comm_world, errorcode = 1)
-  end if
-
   call shpc_open(hshp, "SHPC_old", rank = 0)
   call read_eddy(e, k, i, hshp, ishape = 0)
   CALL shpc_close(hshp)
@@ -36,6 +23,5 @@ program test_read_eddy
   call write_eddy(e, hshp, k, i)
   CALL shpc_close(hshp)
   print *, 'Created shapefiles in SHPC.'
-  call mpi_finalize
 
 end program test_read_eddy