diff --git a/tests/functional/groups/test_access.py b/tests/functional/groups/test_access.py
index c8fd1e2672c..ce948732e1d 100644
--- a/tests/functional/groups/test_access.py
+++ b/tests/functional/groups/test_access.py
@@ -136,7 +136,6 @@
     type_params:
       measure:
         name: "people"
-    model: "ref('people_model')"
     meta:
         my_meta: 'testing'
     config:
@@ -218,9 +217,3 @@ def test_access_attribute(self, project):
         manifest = get_manifest(project.project_root)
         metric_id = "metric.test.number_of_people"
         assert manifest.metrics[metric_id].group == "analytics"
-
-        # Change group of metric
-        write_file(v2_people_metric_yml, "models", "people_metric.yml")
-        # Should raise a reference error
-        with pytest.raises(DbtReferenceError):
-            run_dbt(["run"])
diff --git a/tests/functional/metrics/fixtures.py b/tests/functional/metrics/fixtures.py
index 4c4cc5f42f3..4a5a3f4edd3 100644
--- a/tests/functional/metrics/fixtures.py
+++ b/tests/functional/metrics/fixtures.py
@@ -532,21 +532,6 @@
         my_meta: 'testing'
 """
 
-metric_without_timestamp_or_timegrains_yml = """
-version: 2
-
-metrics:
-  - name: number_of_people
-    label: "Number of people"
-    description: Total count of people
-    type: simple
-    type_params:
-      measure:
-        name: people
-    meta:
-        my_meta: 'testing'
-"""
-
 invalid_metric_without_timestamp_with_time_grains_yml = """
 version: 2
 
diff --git a/tests/functional/metrics/test_metrics.py b/tests/functional/metrics/test_metrics.py
index f627bdc96e4..b34cb7c35bd 100644
--- a/tests/functional/metrics/test_metrics.py
+++ b/tests/functional/metrics/test_metrics.py
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     downstream_model_sql,
     invalid_derived_metric_contains_model_yml,
     derived_metric_yml,
-    metric_without_timestamp_or_timegrains_yml,
     invalid_metric_without_timestamp_with_time_grains_yml,
     invalid_metric_without_timestamp_with_window_yml,
 )
@@ -49,33 +48,6 @@ def test_simple_metric(
         assert metric_ids == expected_metric_ids
 
 
-class TestSimpleMetricsNoTimestamp:
-    @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
-    def models(self):
-        return {
-            "people_metrics.yml": metric_without_timestamp_or_timegrains_yml,
-            "people.sql": models_people_sql,
-        }
-
-    def test_simple_metric_no_timestamp(
-        self,
-        project,
-    ):
-        # initial run
-        results = run_dbt(["run"])
-        assert len(results) == 1
-        manifest = get_manifest(project.project_root)
-        metric_ids = list(manifest.metrics.keys())
-        expected_metric_ids = [
-            "metric.test.number_of_people",
-        ]
-        assert metric_ids == expected_metric_ids
-
-        # make sure the 'expression' metric depends on the two upstream metrics
-        metric_test = manifest.metrics["metric.test.number_of_people"]
-        assert metric_test.timestamp is None
-
-
 class TestInvalidRefMetrics:
     @pytest.fixture(scope="class")
     def models(self):