diff --git a/internal/terraform/context_validate_test.go b/internal/terraform/context_validate_test.go
index 1ed5ad425..a02d85cdd 100644
--- a/internal/terraform/context_validate_test.go
+++ b/internal/terraform/context_validate_test.go
@@ -1187,32 +1187,6 @@ resource "aws_instance" "foo" {
 	}
 }
 
-// Manually validate using the new PlanGraphBuilder
-func TestContext2Validate_PlanGraphBuilder(t *testing.T) {
-	fixture := contextFixtureApplyVars(t)
-	opts := fixture.ContextOpts()
-	c := testContext2(t, opts)
-
-	graph, diags := ValidateGraphBuilder(&PlanGraphBuilder{
-		Config:  fixture.Config,
-		State:   states.NewState(),
-		Plugins: c.plugins,
-	}).Build(addrs.RootModuleInstance)
-	if diags.HasErrors() {
-		t.Fatalf("errors from PlanGraphBuilder: %s", diags.Err())
-	}
-	defer c.acquireRun("validate-test")()
-	walker, diags := c.walk(graph, walkValidate, &graphWalkOpts{
-		Config: fixture.Config,
-	})
-	if diags.HasErrors() {
-		t.Fatal(diags.Err())
-	}
-	if len(walker.NonFatalDiagnostics) > 0 {
-		t.Fatal(walker.NonFatalDiagnostics.Err())
-	}
-}
-
 func TestContext2Validate_invalidOutput(t *testing.T) {
 	m := testModuleInline(t, map[string]string{
 		"main.tf": `