diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags_test.go b/cmd/utils/flags_test.go
index e68d86b746..0be3370d4a 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags_test.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags_test.go
@@ -18,12 +18,8 @@
 package utils
 
 import (
-	"flag"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
-
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/eth/ethconfig"
-	"github.com/urfave/cli/v2"
 )
 
 func Test_SplitTagsFlag(t *testing.T) {
@@ -68,41 +64,3 @@ func Test_SplitTagsFlag(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
-
-func TestSetEthConfigAllowsDisablingStateSizeTracking(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := newTestFlagContext(t, []cli.Flag{
-		CacheFlag,
-		CacheDatabaseFlag,
-		CacheGCFlag,
-		CacheSnapshotFlag,
-		CacheTrieFlag,
-		CryptoKZGFlag,
-		FDLimitFlag,
-		GCModeFlag,
-		SnapshotFlag,
-		StateSizeTrackingFlag,
-	}, "--state.size-tracking=false")
-
-	cfg := ethconfig.Defaults
-	cfg.EnableStateSizeTracking = true
-	SetEthConfig(ctx, nil, &cfg)
-
-	if cfg.EnableStateSizeTracking {
-		t.Fatal("state size tracking should be disabled by explicit CLI flag")
-	}
-}
-
-func newTestFlagContext(t *testing.T, flags []cli.Flag, args ...string) *cli.Context {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	set := flag.NewFlagSet(t.Name(), flag.ContinueOnError)
-	for _, flag := range flags {
-		if err := flag.Apply(set); err != nil {
-			t.Fatal(err)
-		}
-	}
-	if err := set.Parse(args); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	return cli.NewContext(cli.NewApp(), set, nil)
-}