diff --git a/test/integration/runtime_int_test.go b/test/integration/runtime_int_test.go
index c6334e0fd3..f2c2e8962a 100644
--- a/test/integration/runtime_int_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/runtime_int_test.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ActiveState/cli/internal/testhelpers/tagsuite"
 	"github.com/ActiveState/cli/pkg/platform/runtime/setup"
 	"github.com/ActiveState/cli/pkg/platform/runtime/target"
-	"github.com/ActiveState/termtest"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/suite"
 )
 
@@ -112,37 +111,6 @@ func (suite *RuntimeIntegrationTestSuite) TestInterruptSetup() {
 	cp.ExpectExitCode(0)
 }
 
-func (suite *RuntimeIntegrationTestSuite) TestInUse() {
-	suite.OnlyRunForTags(tagsuite.Critical)
-	ts := e2e.New(suite.T(), false)
-	defer ts.Close()
-
-	cp := ts.Spawn("checkout", "ActiveState-CLI/Perl-5.32", ".")
-	cp.Expect("Skipping runtime setup")
-	cp.ExpectExitCode(0)
-
-	cp = ts.SpawnWithOpts(
-		e2e.OptArgs("shell"),
-		e2e.OptAppendEnv(constants.DisableRuntime+"=false"),
-	)
-	cp.Expect("Activated", e2e.RuntimeSourcingTimeoutOpt)
-	cp.SendLine("perl")
-	time.Sleep(1 * time.Second) // allow time for perl to start up
-
-	cp2 := ts.SpawnWithOpts(
-		e2e.OptArgs("install", "DateTime"),
-		e2e.OptAppendEnv(constants.DisableRuntime+"=false"),
-	)
-	cp2.Expect("currently in use", termtest.OptExpectTimeout(15*time.Second))
-	cp2.Expect("perl")
-	cp2.ExpectNotExitCode(0)
-	ts.IgnoreLogErrors()
-
-	cp.SendCtrlC()
-	cp.SendLine("exit")
-	cp.ExpectExit() // code can vary depending on shell; just assert process finished
-}
-
 func TestRuntimeIntegrationTestSuite(t *testing.T) {
 	suite.Run(t, new(RuntimeIntegrationTestSuite))
 }