diff --git a/tests/test_litellm/passthrough/test_passthrough_main.py b/tests/test_litellm/passthrough/test_passthrough_main.py
index 6cd6b754c07..fb67aa6f3e4 100644
--- a/tests/test_litellm/passthrough/test_passthrough_main.py
+++ b/tests/test_litellm/passthrough/test_passthrough_main.py
@@ -716,15 +716,6 @@ async def test_allm_passthrough_route_429_streaming_raises():
                 litellm_logging_obj=mock_logging_obj,
             )
 
-        # result is an async generator — consuming it must raise, not silently yield error bytes
-        chunks = []
-        async def _drain():
-            async for chunk in result:  # type: ignore[union-attr]
-                chunks.append(chunk)
-
-        with pytest.raises(httpx.HTTPStatusError) as exc_info:
-            await _drain()
-
     assert exc_info.value.response.status_code == 429