diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_route_checks.py b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_route_checks.py
index 3211e85ff97..72c7011e6f5 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_route_checks.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/proxy/auth/test_route_checks.py
@@ -2892,7 +2892,7 @@ def test_team_update_gate_allows_org_admin_with_resolved_org():
     )
 
 
-def test_team_update_gate_admits_internal_user_without_org_context():
+def test_team_update_gate_admits_internal_user_without_org_context():  # test-quality-ok: the gate's only success signal is not raising; the handler's team-admin 403s are pinned in test_team_endpoints
     """/team/update is self-managed (LIT-5722): the coarse gate admits any authenticated
     caller and update_team resolves proxy, org or team admin itself, then filters team admins
     through the team_admin_editable_team_fields setting. Before that the gate 401'd every
@@ -2997,23 +2997,6 @@ async def test_add_team_org_context_noop_for_static_team_route():
     assert out == body
 
 
-def test_patch_team_route_has_same_reach_as_team_update():
-    """/team/{team_id} is reachable by org admins (in org_admin_allowed_routes) but
-    NOT by regular internal users or the role-agnostic self_managed_routes — the
-    latter would open /team/new (the collision footgun) to any authenticated user."""
-    from litellm.proxy._types import LiteLLMRoutes
-
-    assert RouteChecks.check_route_access(
-        route="/team/abc-123", allowed_routes=LiteLLMRoutes.org_admin_allowed_routes.value
-    )
-    assert not RouteChecks.check_route_access(
-        route="/team/abc-123", allowed_routes=LiteLLMRoutes.internal_user_routes.value
-    )
-    assert not RouteChecks.check_route_access(
-        route="/team/abc-123", allowed_routes=LiteLLMRoutes.self_managed_routes.value
-    )
-
-
 def _patch_team_request() -> MagicMock:
     request = MagicMock(spec=Request)
     request.method = "PATCH"