diff --git a/src/plugins/runtime/types.contract.test.ts b/src/plugins/runtime/types.contract.test.ts
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index 8b4ce95c585..00000000000
--- a/src/plugins/runtime/types.contract.test.ts
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@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expectTypeOf, it } from "vitest";
-import { createPluginRuntime } from "./index.js";
-import type { PluginRuntime } from "./types.js";
-
-describe("plugin runtime type contract", () => {
-  it("createPluginRuntime returns the declared PluginRuntime shape", () => {
-    const runtime = createPluginRuntime();
-    expectTypeOf(runtime).toMatchTypeOf<PluginRuntime>();
-    expectTypeOf<PluginRuntime>().toMatchTypeOf(runtime);
-  });
-});