diff --git a/testing/test_cacheprovider.py b/testing/test_cacheprovider.py
index 94d58a09b..db05c5a76 100644
--- a/testing/test_cacheprovider.py
+++ b/testing/test_cacheprovider.py
@@ -35,17 +35,6 @@ class TestNewAPI:
         val = config.cache.get("key/name", -2)
         assert val == -2
 
-    def test_cache_order(self, pytester: Pytester) -> None:
-        pytester.makeini("[pytest]")
-        config = pytester.parseconfigure()
-        assert config.cache is not None
-        cache = config.cache
-        pytest.raises(TypeError, lambda: cache.set("key/name", cache))
-        config.cache.set("key/name", 0)
-        config.cache._getvaluepath("key/name").write_bytes(b"123invalid")
-        val = config.cache.get("key/name", -2)
-        assert val == -2
-
     @pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore:could not create cache path")
     def test_cache_writefail_cachfile_silent(self, pytester: Pytester) -> None:
         pytester.makeini("[pytest]")