diff --git a/tests/utils/test_http_client.py b/tests/utils/test_http_client.py
index 9fb4f8704..aadb886ce 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_http_client.py
+++ b/tests/utils/test_http_client.py
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 import platform
 from unittest import TestCase, mock
 
-from requests import Session
-
 from launchable.utils.http_client import _HttpClient
 from launchable.version import __version__
 
@@ -45,19 +43,3 @@ def test_header(self):
                 "dummy",
             ),
         })
-
-    def test_reason(self):
-        '''make sure we correctly propagate error message from the server'''
-
-        # use new session to disable retry
-        cli = _HttpClient(session=Session())
-        # /raise_error is an actual endpoint that exists on our service to test the behavior
-        res = cli.request("GET", "intake/raise_error")
-        self.assertEqual(res.status_code, 500)
-        self.assertEqual(res.reason, "Welp")
-
-        try:
-            res.raise_for_status()
-            self.fail("should have raised")
-        except Exception as e:
-            self.assertIn("Welp", str(e))