diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/refcounted_kptr.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/refcounted_kptr.c
index 1cb5c657dc38..7423983472c7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/refcounted_kptr.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/prog_tests/refcounted_kptr.c
@@ -17,28 +17,4 @@ void test_refcounted_kptr_fail(void)
 
 void test_refcounted_kptr_wrong_owner(void)
 {
-	LIBBPF_OPTS(bpf_test_run_opts, opts,
-		    .data_in = &pkt_v4,
-		    .data_size_in = sizeof(pkt_v4),
-		    .repeat = 1,
-	);
-	struct refcounted_kptr *skel;
-	int ret;
-
-	skel = refcounted_kptr__open_and_load();
-	if (!ASSERT_OK_PTR(skel, "refcounted_kptr__open_and_load"))
-		return;
-
-	ret = bpf_prog_test_run_opts(bpf_program__fd(skel->progs.rbtree_wrong_owner_remove_fail_a1), &opts);
-	ASSERT_OK(ret, "rbtree_wrong_owner_remove_fail_a1");
-	ASSERT_OK(opts.retval, "rbtree_wrong_owner_remove_fail_a1 retval");
-
-	ret = bpf_prog_test_run_opts(bpf_program__fd(skel->progs.rbtree_wrong_owner_remove_fail_b), &opts);
-	ASSERT_OK(ret, "rbtree_wrong_owner_remove_fail_b");
-	ASSERT_OK(opts.retval, "rbtree_wrong_owner_remove_fail_b retval");
-
-	ret = bpf_prog_test_run_opts(bpf_program__fd(skel->progs.rbtree_wrong_owner_remove_fail_a2), &opts);
-	ASSERT_OK(ret, "rbtree_wrong_owner_remove_fail_a2");
-	ASSERT_OK(opts.retval, "rbtree_wrong_owner_remove_fail_a2 retval");
-	refcounted_kptr__destroy(skel);
 }