diff --git a/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py b/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py
index 35fe42c6b79f29820fbeba274afec3ae02ef2edf..a0d84ea9f07c517cbc8c6c96737ff55e75c3bdf1 100755
--- a/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py
+++ b/tools/run_tests/run_tests.py
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ _FORCE_ENVIRON_FOR_WRAPPERS = {
 }
 
 _POLLING_STRATEGIES = {
-  'linux': ['epollex', 'epollsig', 'poll', 'poll-cv'],
-# TODO(ctiller, sreecha): enable epoll1, epoll-thread-pool
+  'linux': ['epollsig', 'poll', 'poll-cv'],
+# TODO(ctiller, sreecha): enable epoll1, epollex, epoll-thread-pool
   'mac': ['poll'],
 }