diff --git a/src/Package/Module.zig b/src/Package/Module.zig
index 371b8e98160d42953d5ad4e3d3f17c595752d8d3..02d9921016d4b13c1c518fae89983054e0f3d81a 100644
--- a/src/Package/Module.zig
+++ b/src/Package/Module.zig
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ pub fn create(arena: Allocator, options: CreateOptions) !*Package.Module {
 
         if (options.inherited.single_threaded) |x| break :b x;
         if (options.parent) |p| break :b p.single_threaded;
-        break :b target_util.defaultSingleThreaded(target, zig_backend);
+        break :b target_util.defaultSingleThreaded(target);
     };
 
     const error_tracing = b: {
diff --git a/src/target.zig b/src/target.zig
index 9b7e12408ee3fa8ffbc8ad192abc36e519921864..6ff9e69e614cd3425b567ca23fca57d943ad9aab 100644
--- a/src/target.zig
+++ b/src/target.zig
@@ -60,10 +60,9 @@ pub fn alwaysSingleThreaded(target: std.Target) bool {
     return false;
 }
 
-pub fn defaultSingleThreaded(target: std.Target, backend: std.builtin.CompilerBackend) bool {
+pub fn defaultSingleThreaded(target: std.Target) bool {
     switch (target.cpu.arch) {
         .wasm32, .wasm64 => return true,
-        .riscv64 => if (backend == .stage2_riscv64) return true,
         else => {},
     }
     switch (target.os.tag) {
diff --git a/test/behavior/if.zig b/test/behavior/if.zig
index be8b6ac228a4f28690aa2f4d591681e7619b7488..69ad917e6aea8abb0610bc6ec96773d5e800026f 100644
--- a/test/behavior/if.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/if.zig
@@ -118,7 +118,6 @@ test "if peer expressions inferred optional type" {
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_arm) return error.SkipZigTest;
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_aarch64) return error.SkipZigTest;
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_sparc64) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_riscv64) return error.SkipZigTest;
 
     var self: []const u8 = "abcdef";
     var index: usize = 0;
diff --git a/test/behavior/null.zig b/test/behavior/null.zig
index 653003b8f0c53762e68930b8ee78ce61dd24e002..98153898382a9845edf9fd9fdf61881d68cc8e73 100644
--- a/test/behavior/null.zig
+++ b/test/behavior/null.zig
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ test "maybe return" {
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_arm) return error.SkipZigTest;
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_aarch64) return error.SkipZigTest;
     if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_sparc64) return error.SkipZigTest; // TODO
-    if (builtin.zig_backend == .stage2_riscv64) return error.SkipZigTest;
 
     try maybeReturnImpl();
     try comptime maybeReturnImpl();