diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/admin/includesUpdateCore.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/admin/includesUpdateCore.php
index 000be20402..82ecfa62fa 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/admin/includesUpdateCore.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/admin/includesUpdateCore.php
@@ -19,30 +19,11 @@ class Tests_Admin_IncludesUpdateCore extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		return $files;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Ensure no project files are inside `$_old_files`.
-	 *
-	 * @ticket 36083
-	 *
-	 * @dataProvider data_old_files
-	 *
-	 * @param string $file File name.
-	 */
-	public function test_new_files_are_not_in_old_files_array( $file ) {
-		$this->assertFalse( file_exists( ABSPATH . $file ) );
-		$this->assertFalse( file_exists( ABSPATH . str_replace( '.min.', '.', $file ) ) );
-		$this->assertFalse( file_exists( ABSPATH . str_replace( '-rtl.min.', '.', $file ) ) );
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Ensure no project files are inside `$_old_files` in the build directory.
 	 *
-	 * The previous test confirms that no existing files are inside `$_old_files`.
-	 * However, we must also confirm that these do not exist in the final build.
-	 *
 	 * @ticket 36083
 	 *
-	 * @depends test_new_files_are_not_in_old_files_array
 	 * @dataProvider data_old_files
 	 *
 	 * @param string $file File name.