diff --git a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/DefaultEntitiesCatalog.test.ts b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/DefaultEntitiesCatalog.test.ts
index c2f1843845..bde55ef9bb 100644
--- a/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/DefaultEntitiesCatalog.test.ts
+++ b/plugins/catalog-backend/src/service/DefaultEntitiesCatalog.test.ts
@@ -1527,82 +1527,6 @@ describe('DefaultEntitiesCatalog', () => {
       },
       60_000,
     );
-
-    it.each(databases.eachSupportedId())(
-      'can match relations',
-      async databaseId => {
-        await createDatabase(databaseId);
-
-        await addEntityToSearch({
-          apiVersion: 'a',
-          kind: 'k',
-          metadata: {
-            name: 'one',
-            tags: ['java', 'rust'],
-          },
-          spec: {},
-          relations: [
-            {
-              targetRef: 'targetRef',
-              type: 'ownedBy',
-            },
-          ],
-        });
-        await addEntityToSearch({
-          apiVersion: 'a',
-          kind: 'k',
-          metadata: {
-            name: 'two',
-            tags: ['java', 'node'],
-          },
-          spec: {},
-          relations: [
-            {
-              targetRef: 'anotherTargetRef',
-              type: 'ownedBy',
-            },
-            {
-              targetRef: 'tt',
-              type: 'somethingelse',
-            },
-          ],
-        });
-        await addEntityToSearch({
-          apiVersion: 'a',
-          kind: 'k',
-          metadata: {
-            name: 'three',
-            tags: ['go'],
-          },
-          spec: {},
-          relations: [
-            {
-              targetRef: 'targetRef',
-              type: 'ownedBy',
-            },
-          ],
-        });
-
-        const catalog = new DefaultEntitiesCatalog({
-          database: knex,
-          logger: getVoidLogger(),
-          stitcher,
-        });
-
-        await expect(
-          catalog.facets({
-            facets: ['relations.ownedBy'],
-          }),
-        ).resolves.toEqual({
-          facets: {
-            'relations.ownedBy': [
-              { count: 1, value: 'anotherTargetRef' },
-              { count: 2, value: 'targetRef' },
-            ],
-          },
-        });
-      },
-    );
   });
 });