diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 87a20c10..a52a86e6 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ using Test
 @testset "$file" for file in sort([
     file for file in readdir(@__DIR__) if match(r"^test_.*\.jl$", file) !== nothing
 ])
+
+    if file == "test_doctest.jl"
+        if lowercase(get(ENV, "JULIA_PKGEVAL", "false")) == "true"
+            @info "Skipping doctests on PkgEval."
+            continue
+        elseif VERSION >= v"1.6-"
+            @info "Skipping doctests on Julia $VERSION."
+            continue
+        end
+    end
+
     include(file)
 end
 end  # module
diff --git a/test/test_doctest.jl b/test/test_doctest.jl
index e674bac6..da206951 100644
--- a/test/test_doctest.jl
+++ b/test/test_doctest.jl
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@ using Documenter: doctest
 using Test
 
 @testset "doctest" begin
-    if lowercase(get(ENV, "JULIA_PKGEVAL", "false")) == "true"
-        @info "Skipping doctests on PkgEval."
-        return
-    end
     doctest(ThreadsX)
 end