diff --git a/cmd/validate_test.go b/cmd/validate_test.go
index bd5c91a..f0bd72c 100644
--- a/cmd/validate_test.go
+++ b/cmd/validate_test.go
@@ -60,15 +60,3 @@ func TestFileDoesNotExist(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotNil(err, "did not error")
 	assert.Contains(b.String(), "Cannot find container-canary/kubeflow:doesnotexist", "did not fail")
 }
-
-func TestValidateRespectsStartupTimeout(t *testing.T) {
-	assert := assert.New(t)
-	b := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	rootCmd.SetOut(b)
-	rootCmd.SetErr(b)
-	rootCmd.SetArgs([]string{"validate", "--file", "../examples/kubeflow.yaml", "container-canary/long-sleep:local", "--startup-timeout", "3"})
-	err := rootCmd.Execute()
-
-	assert.NotNil(err, "should fail")
-	assert.Contains(b.String(), "validation failed", "container failed to start after 3 seconds")
-}
diff --git a/internal/testdata/containers/long-sleep.Dockerfile b/internal/testdata/containers/long-sleep.Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 1aba201..0000000
--- a/internal/testdata/containers/long-sleep.Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-FROM alpine
-
-CMD [ "sleep", "60" ]