diff --git a/src/core/taint.c b/src/core/taint.c
index b7a1c647a2b..d02ad7fe53a 100644
--- a/src/core/taint.c
+++ b/src/core/taint.c
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ char** taint_strv(void) {
         if (readlink_malloc("/var/run", &var_run) < 0 || !PATH_IN_SET(var_run, "../run", "/run"))
                 stage[n++] = "var-run-bad";
 
-        if (cg_all_unified() == 0)
-                stage[n++] = "cgroupsv1";
-
         if (clock_is_localtime(NULL) > 0)
                 stage[n++] = "local-hwclock";
 
diff --git a/src/test/meson.build b/src/test/meson.build
index e86a28f8761..262d7aaaa3b 100644
--- a/src/test/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/meson.build
@@ -540,9 +540,6 @@ executables += [
                 'dependencies' : [threads, libblkid],
                 'parallel' : false,
         },
-        core_test_template + {
-                'sources' : files('test-taint.c'),
-        },
         core_test_template + {
                 'sources' : files('test-namespace.c'),
                 'dependencies' : [
diff --git a/src/test/test-taint.c b/src/test/test-taint.c
deleted file mode 100644
index d9aa79dca57..00000000000
--- a/src/test/test-taint.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-/* SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later */
-
-#include "taint.h"
-#include "tests.h"
-
-TEST(taint_string) {
-        _cleanup_free_ char *a = taint_string();
-        assert_se(a);
-        log_debug("taint string: '%s'", a);
-
-        assert_se(!!strstr(a, "cgroupsv1") == (cg_all_unified() == 0));
-}
-
-DEFINE_TEST_MAIN(LOG_DEBUG);