diff --git a/test/test_models.py b/test/test_models.py
index 8cc75691..eb71fc89 100644
--- a/test/test_models.py
+++ b/test/test_models.py
@@ -258,12 +258,8 @@ def test_share_params_between_models(
         or (isinstance(model_name, list) and model_name[0] != "gnn")
     ):
         pytest.skip("gnn model needs agent dim as input")
-    if (
-        packaging.version.parse(torchrl.__version__).local is None
-        and "gru" in model_name
-    ):
-        pytest.skip("gru model needs torchrl from github")
-    torch.manual_seed(1)
+
+    torch.manual_seed(0)
 
     input_spec, output_spec = _get_input_and_output_specs(
         centralised=centralised,
@@ -308,8 +304,6 @@ def test_share_params_between_models(
         agent_group="agents",
         action_spec=None,
     )
-    for param, second_param in zip(model.parameters(), second_model.parameters()):
-        assert not torch.eq(param, second_param).any()
     model.share_params_with(second_model)
     for param, second_param in zip(model.parameters(), second_model.parameters()):
         assert torch.eq(param, second_param).all()