diff --git a/src/meta/src/rpc/election/sql.rs b/src/meta/src/rpc/election/sql.rs
index 4d4124036bda9..b6bd02b179c26 100644
--- a/src/meta/src/rpc/election/sql.rs
+++ b/src/meta/src/rpc/election/sql.rs
@@ -535,6 +535,7 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(not(madsim))]
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use std::sync::Arc;