diff --git a/src/config/talk-defaults.test.ts b/src/config/talk-defaults.test.ts
index b25aed7213a..1be94ef2db4 100644
--- a/src/config/talk-defaults.test.ts
+++ b/src/config/talk-defaults.test.ts
@@ -9,38 +9,16 @@ import {
 } from "./talk-defaults.js";
 
 const repoRoot = path.resolve(path.dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)), "../..");
-type GeneratedConfigBaselineEntry = {
-  path: string;
-  help?: string;
-};
-type GeneratedConfigBaseline = {
-  coreEntries?: GeneratedConfigBaselineEntry[];
-  channelEntries?: GeneratedConfigBaselineEntry[];
-  pluginEntries?: GeneratedConfigBaselineEntry[];
-};
 
 function readRepoFile(relativePath: string): string {
   return fs.readFileSync(path.join(repoRoot, relativePath), "utf8");
 }
 
-function readGeneratedConfigBaselineEntry(path: string): GeneratedConfigBaselineEntry | undefined {
-  const baseline = JSON.parse(
-    readRepoFile("docs/.generated/config-baseline.json"),
-  ) as GeneratedConfigBaseline;
-  return [
-    ...(baseline.coreEntries ?? []),
-    ...(baseline.channelEntries ?? []),
-    ...(baseline.pluginEntries ?? []),
-  ].find((entry) => entry.path === path);
-}
-
 describe("talk silence timeout defaults", () => {
   it("keeps help text and docs aligned with the policy", () => {
     const defaultsDescription = describeTalkSilenceTimeoutDefaults();
-    const talkEntry = readGeneratedConfigBaselineEntry("talk.silenceTimeoutMs");
 
     expect(FIELD_HELP["talk.silenceTimeoutMs"]).toContain(defaultsDescription);
-    expect(talkEntry?.help).toContain(defaultsDescription);
     expect(readRepoFile("docs/gateway/configuration-reference.md")).toContain(defaultsDescription);
     expect(readRepoFile("docs/nodes/talk.md")).toContain(defaultsDescription);
   });