diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-25.sh b/test/units/testsuite-25.sh
index 24b02cedcf6..b298c506e12 100755
--- a/test/units/testsuite-25.sh
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-25.sh
@@ -3,11 +3,6 @@
 set -eux
 set -o pipefail
 
-if ! command -v importctl >/dev/null; then
-    echo "importctl is not available to be chain-loaded from machinectl, skipping" >>/skipped
-    exit 77
-fi
-
 export SYSTEMD_PAGER=cat
 
 dd if=/dev/urandom of=/var/tmp/testimage.raw bs=$((1024*1024+7)) count=5