diff --git a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_events.py b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_events.py
index 7f76011d2b9..ce615606db7 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_events.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_events.py
@@ -294,11 +294,8 @@ class EventLoopTestsMixin:
             self.loop.stop()
 
         self.loop.call_later(0.1, callback, 'hello world')
-        t0 = time.monotonic()
         self.loop.run_forever()
-        t1 = time.monotonic()
         self.assertEqual(results, ['hello world'])
-        self.assertTrue(0.08 <= t1-t0 <= 0.8, t1-t0)
 
     def test_call_soon(self):
         results = []
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-12-03-13-32-44.bpo-42553.2TRE2N.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-12-03-13-32-44.bpo-42553.2TRE2N.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..87221428472
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2020-12-03-13-32-44.bpo-42553.2TRE2N.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Fix ``test_asyncio.test_call_later()`` race condition: don't measure asyncio
+performance in the ``call_later()`` unit test. The test failed randomly on
+the CI.