diff --git a/src/cli/gateway-cli/run.option-collisions.test.ts b/src/cli/gateway-cli/run.option-collisions.test.ts
index 3c9f3ba543f..661572e9c39 100644
--- a/src/cli/gateway-cli/run.option-collisions.test.ts
+++ b/src/cli/gateway-cli/run.option-collisions.test.ts
@@ -321,41 +321,6 @@ describe("gateway run option collisions", () => {
     expect(secondOptions.startupStartedAt).toBe(2000);
   });
 
-  it("uses the startup snapshot only for the first in-process gateway start", async () => {
-    runGatewayLoop.mockImplementationOnce(async ({ start }: { start: GatewayLoopStart }) => {
-      await start({ startupStartedAt: 1000 });
-      await start({ startupStartedAt: 2000 });
-    });
-
-    await runGatewayCli(["gateway", "run", "--allow-unconfigured"]);
-
-    expect(startGatewayServer).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(2);
-    expect(startGatewayServer).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
-      1,
-      18789,
-      expect.objectContaining({
-        startupStartedAt: 1000,
-        startupConfigSnapshotRead: {
-          snapshot: configState.snapshot,
-        },
-      }),
-    );
-    expect(startGatewayServer).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
-      2,
-      18789,
-      expect.not.objectContaining({
-        startupConfigSnapshotRead: expect.anything(),
-      }),
-    );
-    expect(startGatewayServer).toHaveBeenNthCalledWith(
-      2,
-      18789,
-      expect.objectContaining({
-        startupStartedAt: 2000,
-      }),
-    );
-  });
-
   it("logs when first startup will build missing Control UI assets", async () => {
     controlUiState.root = null;