diff --git a/test/external_code/test_make.sh b/test/external_code/test_make.sh
index d98cac346f..095c51eca6 100755
--- a/test/external_code/test_make.sh
+++ b/test/external_code/test_make.sh
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ if [ -z "$EXTERNAL_MAKE_HUGEMEM" ]; then
 	EXTERNAL_MAKE_HUGEMEM=$HUGEMEM
 fi
 
-# Skip all pci devices. These tests don't rely on them.
-sudo PCI_ALLOWED="NONE" HUGEMEM="$EXTERNAL_MAKE_HUGEMEM" $SPDK_DIR/scripts/setup.sh
+sudo HUGEMEM="$EXTERNAL_MAKE_HUGEMEM" $SPDK_DIR/scripts/setup.sh
 
 make -C $SPDK_DIR clean
 $SPDK_DIR/configure --with-shared --without-isal --without-ocf --disable-asan
@@ -66,4 +65,4 @@ run_test "external_run_tc6" $test_root/hello_world/hello_bdev --json $test_root/
 make -C $test_root clean
 make -C $SPDK_DIR -j$(nproc) clean
 
-sudo PCI_ALLOWED="NONE" HUGEMEM="$HUGEMEM" $SPDK_DIR/scripts/setup.sh reset
+sudo HUGEMEM="$HUGEMEM" $SPDK_DIR/scripts/setup.sh reset