diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fd383e90..50139b6d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ jobs:
           toolchain: ${{matrix.rust}}
       - run: cd serde && cargo build --features rc
       - run: cd serde && cargo build --no-default-features
+      - run: cd test_suite/no_std && cargo build
 
   nightly:
     name: Rust nightly ${{matrix.os == 'windows' && '(windows)' || ''}}
diff --git a/test_suite/no_std/Cargo.toml b/test_suite/no_std/Cargo.toml
index 5bf7eb2d..9c8f6aa5 100644
--- a/test_suite/no_std/Cargo.toml
+++ b/test_suite/no_std/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,4 +10,10 @@ libc = { version = "0.2", default-features = false }
 serde = { path = "../../serde", default-features = false }
 serde_derive = { path = "../../serde_derive" }
 
+[profile.dev]
+panic = "abort"
+
+[profile.release]
+panic = "abort"
+
 [workspace]
diff --git a/test_suite/no_std/src/main.rs b/test_suite/no_std/src/main.rs
index e5338922..71d553e1 100644
--- a/test_suite/no_std/src/main.rs
+++ b/test_suite/no_std/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-#![allow(internal_features)]
-#![feature(lang_items)]
 #![no_std]
 #![no_main]
 
@@ -10,10 +8,6 @@ extern "C" fn main(_argc: c_int, _argv: *const *const u8) -> c_int {
     0
 }
 
-#[lang = "eh_personality"]
-#[no_mangle]
-pub extern "C" fn rust_eh_personality() {}
-
 #[panic_handler]
 fn panic(_info: &core::panic::PanicInfo) -> ! {
     unsafe {