diff --git a/rerun_py/tests/unit/api_tests.py b/rerun_py/tests/unit/api_tests.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6753dbf30e42..000000000000
--- a/rerun_py/tests/unit/api_tests.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import rerun as rr
-from rerun.log.text import LogLevel
-
-
-def test_text() -> None:
-    rr.log_text_entry("path", "text", level=None)
-    rr.log_text_entry("path", "text", level=LogLevel.INFO)
-    rr.log_text_entry("path", None, level=LogLevel.INFO)  # type: ignore[arg-type]