diff --git a/cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtest/snap.go b/cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtest/snap.go
index a480ec5060..64e0633585 100644
--- a/cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtest/snap.go
+++ b/cmd/devp2p/internal/ethtest/snap.go
@@ -651,17 +651,6 @@ The server should reject the request.`,
 			expHashes: []common.Hash{common.HexToHash("0xc5d2460186f7233c927e7db2dcc703c0e500b653ca82273b7bfad8045d85a470")},
 		},
 
-		{
-			desc: `In this test, we request the genesis block state root node. The server should respond with the node.`,
-			root: s.chain.RootAt(0),
-			paths: []snap.TrieNodePathSet{
-				{[]byte{0}},
-				{[]byte{1}, []byte{0}},
-			},
-			nBytes:    5000,
-			expHashes: []common.Hash{s.chain.RootAt(0)},
-		},
-
 		{
 			// The leaf is only a couple of levels down, so the continued trie traversal causes lookup failures.
 			desc:   `Here we request some known accounts from the state.`,