diff --git a/setuptools/tests/config/test_apply_pyprojecttoml.py b/setuptools/tests/config/test_apply_pyprojecttoml.py
index 6b3ee9cf1ec..c6711bdbcdc 100644
--- a/setuptools/tests/config/test_apply_pyprojecttoml.py
+++ b/setuptools/tests/config/test_apply_pyprojecttoml.py
@@ -422,11 +422,6 @@ def test_example_file_in_sdist(self, setuptools_sdist):
         with tarfile.open(setuptools_sdist) as tar:
             assert any(name.endswith(EXAMPLES_FILE) for name in tar.getnames())
 
-    def test_example_file_not_in_wheel(self, setuptools_wheel):
-        """Meta test to ensure auxiliary test files are not in wheel"""
-        with ZipFile(setuptools_wheel) as zipfile:
-            assert not any(name.endswith(EXAMPLES_FILE) for name in zipfile.namelist())
-
 
 class TestInteropCommandLineParsing:
     def test_version(self, tmp_path, monkeypatch, capsys):