diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/operations/stitcher/syncSearchRows.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/operations/stitcher/syncSearchRows.test.ts
index 6981af177b..5a46608e7d 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/operations/stitcher/syncSearchRows.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/database/operations/stitcher/syncSearchRows.test.ts
@@ -225,26 +225,6 @@ describe.each(databases.eachSupportedId())('syncSearchRows, %p', databaseId => {
     expect(rows.map(r => r.value).sort()).toEqual(['java', 'python', 'rust']);
   });
 
-  it('silently rejects a direct duplicate insert via the UNIQUE constraint', async () => {
-    await syncSearchRows(knex, 'e1', [row('a', 'x'), row('b', 'y')]);
-
-    // Simulate a concurrent process inserting a duplicate directly —
-    // the UNIQUE constraint on (entity_id, key, value) should reject it
-    // silently. ON CONFLICT without a column list covers any unique
-    // constraint on the table, which is safe since (entity_id, key, value)
-    // is the only one.
-    await knex<DbSearchRow>('search')
-      .insert({ entity_id: 'e1', key: 'a', value: 'x', original_value: 'x' })
-      .onConflict()
-      .ignore();
-
-    const rows = await getSearchRows();
-    expect(rows).toHaveLength(2);
-    expect(rows.find(r => r.key === 'a')).toEqual(
-      expect.objectContaining({ key: 'a', value: 'x' }),
-    );
-  });
-
   it('restores original_value when re-syncing after it was corrupted', async () => {
     await syncSearchRows(knex, 'e1', [row('a', 'x', 'X')]);