diff --git a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/core/runtime/harness/datamgr_test.go b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/core/runtime/harness/datamgr_test.go
index 92c4d0a8f8cd..9f6f8a986a3f 100644
--- a/sdks/go/pkg/beam/core/runtime/harness/datamgr_test.go
+++ b/sdks/go/pkg/beam/core/runtime/harness/datamgr_test.go
@@ -261,22 +261,6 @@ func TestElementChan(t *testing.T) {
 				return elms
 			},
 			wantSum: 6, wantCount: 3,
-		}, {
-			name: "FillBufferThenAbortThenRead",
-			sequenceFn: func(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, client *fakeChanClient, c *DataChannel) <-chan exec.Elements {
-				for i := 0; i < bufElements+2; i++ {
-					client.Send(&fnpb.Elements{Data: []*fnpb.Elements_Data{dataElm(1, false)}})
-				}
-				elms := openChan(ctx, t, c, timerID)
-				c.removeInstruction(instID)
-
-				// These will be ignored
-				client.Send(&fnpb.Elements{Data: []*fnpb.Elements_Data{dataElm(1, false)}})
-				client.Send(&fnpb.Elements{Data: []*fnpb.Elements_Data{dataElm(2, false)}})
-				client.Send(&fnpb.Elements{Data: []*fnpb.Elements_Data{dataElm(3, true)}})
-				return elms
-			},
-			wantSum: bufElements, wantCount: bufElements,
 		}, {
 			name: "DataThenReaderThenLast",
 			sequenceFn: func(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, client *fakeChanClient, c *DataChannel) <-chan exec.Elements {
@@ -389,18 +373,6 @@ func TestElementChan(t *testing.T) {
 				return elms
 			},
 			wantSum: 0, wantCount: 0,
-		}, {
-			name: "SomeTimersAndADataThenReaderThenCleanup",
-			sequenceFn: func(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, client *fakeChanClient, c *DataChannel) <-chan exec.Elements {
-				client.Send(&fnpb.Elements{
-					Timers: []*fnpb.Elements_Timers{timerElm(1, false), timerElm(2, true)},
-					Data:   []*fnpb.Elements_Data{dataElm(3, true)},
-				})
-				elms := openChan(ctx, t, c, timerID)
-				c.removeInstruction(instID)
-				return elms
-			},
-			wantSum: 6, wantCount: 3,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {