diff --git a/tests/test_integration_gate_probe.py b/tests/test_integration_gate_probe.py
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index dd632cf3..00000000
--- a/tests/test_integration_gate_probe.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-"""TEMPORARY — a deliberate integration failure to watch the publish gate
-reject a run (rule 177's verify_with, #4958). Reverted in the next commit."""
-import pytest
-
-pytestmark = [pytest.mark.integration]
-
-
-def test_the_publish_gate_is_watched_rejecting_a_red_integration_run():
-    raise AssertionError("deliberate: the build job must report skipped, and :dev must not move")