diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-standard.yaml b/.github/workflows/check-standard.yaml
index 0f8c98b7f..67c334ca6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-standard.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-standard.yaml
@@ -20,13 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         config:
-          - {os: macos-latest,   r: 'release'}
-          - {os: windows-latest, r: 'release'}
-          - {os: windows-latest, r: '4.1'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: 'devel', http-user-agent: 'release'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: 'release', openxlsx2_testthat_fullrun: true}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: 'oldrel-1'}
-          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: '3.5'}
+          - {os: ubuntu-latest,  r: '3.6'}
 
     env:
       GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 39dfd8151..0dd277985 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ Suggests:
     knitr,
     mschart (>= 0.4),
     rmarkdown,
-    rvg,
     testthat (>= 3.0.0),
     waldo
 VignetteBuilder: