diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 20f2aa16..846389c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -462,9 +462,8 @@ jobs:
           - { zig_target: i386-linux-musl, zig_flags: -march=i586, qemu: qemu-i386 }
           # { zig_target: i386-linux-musl, zig_flags: -march=i586, qemu: qemu-i386, zig_pic: -fPIE }
           - { zig_target: i386-windows-gnu }
-          # mips and mipsel: bad hard-float code generation(??); or QEMU bug; or UPX bug; see https://github.com/upx/upx/issues/788
-          - { zig_target: mips-linux-musl, zig_flags: -msoft-float, qemu: qemu-mips }
-          - { zig_target: mipsel-linux-musl, zig_flags: -msoft-float, qemu: qemu-mipsel }
+          - { zig_target: mips-linux-musl, qemu: qemu-mips }
+          - { zig_target: mipsel-linux-musl, qemu: qemu-mipsel }
           - { zig_target: powerpc-linux-musl, qemu: qemu-ppc }
           # powerpc64: obscure problem with C++ exceptions in UPX doctest checks; use -fPIC to work-around
           - { zig_target: powerpc64-linux-musl, zig_flags: -fPIC, qemu: qemu-ppc64 }