diff --git a/sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk_test.rb b/sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk_test.rb
index ef37dff04..f0ad46121 100644
--- a/sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk_test.rb
+++ b/sdk/test/opentelemetry/sdk_test.rb
@@ -27,19 +27,4 @@
       _(received_message).must_match(/unexpected configuration error due to unknown keyword: .*invalid_option/)
     end
   end
-
-  describe '#configure (no-op)' do
-    before do
-      ENV['OTEL_SDK_DISABLED'] = 'true'
-    end
-
-    after do
-      ENV.delete('OTEL_SDK_DISABLED')
-    end
-
-    it 'logs a warning and generate a no-op tracer if env OTEL_SDK_DISABLED is defined' do
-      tracer = OpenTelemetry::SDK.configure
-      _(tracer).must_be_instance_of OpenTelemetry::Internal::ProxyTracer
-    end
-  end
 end