diff --git a/tests/cli/test_main_build.py b/tests/cli/test_main_build.py
index ed56cabceb..d78f87b749 100644
--- a/tests/cli/test_main_build.py
+++ b/tests/cli/test_main_build.py
@@ -443,35 +443,6 @@ def test_relative_path_test_artifact(
     main_build.execute(args)
 
 
-def test_relative_path_test_recipe(conda_build_test_recipe_envvar: str):
-    # this test builds a package into (cwd)/relative/path and then calls:
-    # conda-build --test --croot ./relative/path/ /abs/path/to/recipe
-
-    empty_sections = Path(metadata_dir, "empty_with_build_script")
-    croot_rel = Path(".", "relative", "path")
-    croot_abs = croot_rel.resolve()
-
-    # build the package
-    args = [
-        "--no-anaconda-upload",
-        "--no-test",
-        f"--croot={croot_abs}",
-        str(empty_sections),
-    ]
-    main_build.execute(args)
-
-    assert len(list(croot_abs.glob("**/*.tar.bz2"))) == 1
-
-    # run the test stage with relative croot
-    args = [
-        "--no-anaconda-upload",
-        "--test",
-        f"--croot={croot_rel}",
-        str(empty_sections),
-    ]
-    main_build.execute(args)
-
-
 def test_test_extra_dep(testing_metadata):
     testing_metadata.meta["test"]["imports"] = ["imagesize"]
     api.output_yaml(testing_metadata, "meta.yaml")
diff --git a/tests/test_api_test.py b/tests/test_api_test.py
index 10200d5a99..3fa6286dcb 100644
--- a/tests/test_api_test.py
+++ b/tests/test_api_test.py
@@ -14,15 +14,6 @@
 from .utils import metadata_dir
 
 
-@pytest.mark.sanity
-def test_recipe_test(testing_config):
-    """Test calling conda build -t <recipe dir>"""
-    recipe = os.path.join(metadata_dir, "has_prefix_files")
-    metadata = api.render(recipe, config=testing_config)[0][0]
-    api.build(metadata, notest=True, anaconda_upload=False)
-    api.test(recipe, config=metadata.config)
-
-
 @pytest.mark.sanity
 def test_package_test(testing_config):
     """Test calling conda build -t <package file> - rather than <recipe dir>"""