diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9a7c95ebf..07b62261d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test:
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
           - os: ubuntu-latest
@@ -37,19 +38,19 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
       with:
         repository: sbt/io
-        ref: develop
+        ref: 1.4.x
         path: io
     - name: Checkout sbt/librarymanagement
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
       with:
         repository: sbt/librarymanagement
-        ref: develop
+        ref: 1.4.x
         path: librarymanagement
     - name: Checkout sbt/zinc
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
       with:
         repository: sbt/zinc
-        ref: develop
+        ref: 1.4.x
         path: zinc
     - name: Setup
       uses: olafurpg/setup-scala@v10
diff --git a/internal/util-complete/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/util/LineReader.scala b/internal/util-complete/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/util/LineReader.scala
index aa022d3bb..3475bff1d 100644
--- a/internal/util-complete/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/util/LineReader.scala
+++ b/internal/util-complete/src/main/scala/sbt/internal/util/LineReader.scala
@@ -63,14 +63,11 @@ object LineReader {
          * `testOnly testOnly\ com.foo.FooSpec` instead of `testOnly com.foo.FooSpec`.
          */
         if (c.append.nonEmpty) {
-          val comp =
-            if (!pl.line().endsWith(" ")) pl.line().split(" ").last + c.append else c.append
-          // tell jline to append a " " if the completion would be valid with a " " appended
-          // which can be the case for input tasks and some commands. We need to exclude
-          // the empty string and ";" which always seem to be present.
-          val complete = (Parser.completions(parser, comp + " ", 10).get.map(_.display) --
-            Set(";", "")).nonEmpty
-          candidates.add(new Candidate(comp, comp, null, null, null, null, complete))
+          if (!pl.line().endsWith(" ")) {
+            candidates.add(new Candidate(pl.line().split(" ").last + c.append))
+          } else {
+            candidates.add(new Candidate(c.append))
+          }
         }
       }
     }