diff --git a/pkg/sql/importer/BUILD.bazel b/pkg/sql/importer/BUILD.bazel
index 14e2904fc7d0..6a5633142141 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/importer/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/pkg/sql/importer/BUILD.bazel
@@ -189,8 +189,6 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/kv/kvserver/protectedts",
         "//pkg/multitenant/tenantcapabilities",
         "//pkg/roachpb",
-        "//pkg/rpc",
-        "//pkg/rpc/nodedialer",
         "//pkg/security/securityassets",
         "//pkg/security/securitytest",
         "//pkg/security/username",
@@ -235,7 +233,6 @@ go_test(
         "//pkg/testutils/sqlutils",
         "//pkg/testutils/testcluster",
         "//pkg/util",
-        "//pkg/util/circuit",
         "//pkg/util/ctxgroup",
         "//pkg/util/encoding/csv",
         "//pkg/util/envutil",
diff --git a/pkg/sql/importer/import_stmt_test.go b/pkg/sql/importer/import_stmt_test.go
index 6f186ee77be2..d2ceecedb274 100644
--- a/pkg/sql/importer/import_stmt_test.go
+++ b/pkg/sql/importer/import_stmt_test.go
@@ -44,8 +44,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/kv/kvserver"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/kv/kvserver/kvserverbase"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/roachpb"
-	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/rpc"
-	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/rpc/nodedialer"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/security/username"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/settings/cluster"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/sql"
@@ -73,7 +71,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/testutils/skip"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/testutils/sqlutils"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util"
-	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/circuit"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/ctxgroup"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/encoding/csv"
 	"github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/pkg/util/ioctx"
@@ -2939,106 +2936,6 @@ func TestExportImportRoundTrip(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestImportRetriesBreakerOpenFailure tests that errors resulting from open
-// breakers on the coordinator node are retried.
-func TestImportRetriesBreakerOpenFailure(t *testing.T) {
-	defer leaktest.AfterTest(t)()
-	defer log.Scope(t).Close(t)
-
-	skip.UnderShort(t)
-	skip.UnderRace(t, "takes >1min under race")
-
-	const nodes = 3
-	numFiles := nodes + 2
-	rowsPerFile := 1
-
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	tc := serverutils.StartCluster(t, nodes, base.TestClusterArgs{ServerArgs: base.TestServerArgs{
-		DefaultTestTenant: base.TODOTestTenantDisabled,
-		ExternalIODir:     datapathutils.TestDataPath(t, "csv")}})
-	defer tc.Stopper().Stop(ctx)
-
-	aboutToRunDSP := make(chan struct{})
-	allowRunDSP := make(chan struct{})
-	for i := 0; i < tc.NumServers(); i++ {
-		tc.Server(i).JobRegistry().(*jobs.Registry).TestingWrapResumerConstructor(
-			jobspb.TypeImport,
-			func(raw jobs.Resumer) jobs.Resumer {
-				r := raw.(*importResumer)
-				r.testingKnobs.beforeRunDSP = func() error {
-					select {
-					case aboutToRunDSP <- struct{}{}:
-					case <-time.After(testutils.DefaultSucceedsSoonDuration):
-						return errors.New("timed out on aboutToRunDSP")
-					}
-					select {
-					case <-allowRunDSP:
-					case <-time.After(testutils.DefaultSucceedsSoonDuration):
-						return errors.New("timed out on allowRunDSP")
-					}
-					return nil
-				}
-				return r
-			})
-	}
-
-	sqlDB := sqlutils.MakeSQLRunner(tc.ServerConn(0))
-	setSmallIngestBufferSizes(t, sqlDB)
-	sqlDB.Exec(t, `CREATE TABLE t (a INT, b STRING)`)
-	var tableID int64
-	sqlDB.QueryRow(t, `SELECT id FROM system.namespace WHERE name = 't'`).Scan(&tableID)
-
-	g := ctxgroup.WithContext(ctx)
-	g.GoCtx(func(ctx context.Context) error {
-		testFiles := makeCSVData(t, numFiles, rowsPerFile, nodes, rowsPerFile)
-		fileListStr := strings.Join(testFiles.files, ", ")
-		redactedFileListStr := strings.ReplaceAll(fileListStr, "?AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=secrets", "?AWS_SESSION_TOKEN=redacted")
-		query := fmt.Sprintf(`IMPORT INTO t (a, b) CSV DATA (%s)`, fileListStr)
-		sqlDB.Exec(t, query)
-		return jobutils.VerifySystemJob(t, sqlDB, 0, jobspb.TypeImport, jobs.StatusSucceeded, jobs.Record{
-			Username:      username.RootUserName(),
-			Description:   fmt.Sprintf(`IMPORT INTO defaultdb.public.t(a, b) CSV DATA (%s)`, redactedFileListStr),
-			DescriptorIDs: []descpb.ID{descpb.ID(tableID)},
-		})
-	})
-
-	// On the first attempt, we trip the node 3 breaker between distsql planning
-	// and actually running the plan.
-	select {
-	case <-aboutToRunDSP:
-	case <-time.After(testutils.DefaultSucceedsSoonDuration):
-		t.Fatal("timed out on aboutToRunDSP")
-	}
-	{
-		b, ok := tc.Server(0).NodeDialer().(*nodedialer.Dialer).GetCircuitBreaker(roachpb.NodeID(3), rpc.DefaultClass)
-		require.True(t, ok)
-		undo := circuit.TestingSetTripped(b, errors.New("boom"))
-		defer undo()
-	}
-
-	timeout := testutils.DefaultSucceedsSoonDuration
-	select {
-	case allowRunDSP <- struct{}{}:
-	case <-time.After(timeout):
-		t.Fatalf("timed out on allowRunDSP attempt 1")
-	}
-
-	// The failure above should be retried. We expect this to succeed even if we
-	// don't reset the breaker because node 3 should no longer be included in
-	// the plan.
-	select {
-	case <-aboutToRunDSP:
-	case <-time.After(timeout):
-		t.Fatalf("timed out on aboutToRunDSP")
-	}
-	select {
-	case allowRunDSP <- struct{}{}:
-	case <-time.After(timeout):
-		t.Fatalf("timed out on allowRunDSP")
-	}
-	require.NoError(t, g.Wait())
-}
-
 // TODO(adityamaru): Tests still need to be added incrementally as
 // relevant IMPORT INTO logic is added. Some of them include:
 // -> FK and constraint violation