diff --git a/src/agents/skills-install.download.test.ts b/src/agents/skills-install.download.test.ts
index a6a753a957e..520c0c4ec77 100644
--- a/src/agents/skills-install.download.test.ts
+++ b/src/agents/skills-install.download.test.ts
@@ -34,14 +34,6 @@ async function fileExists(filePath: string): Promise<boolean> {
   }
 }
 
-const SAFE_ZIP_BUFFER = Buffer.from(
-  "UEsDBAoAAAAAAMOJVlysKpPYAgAAAAIAAAAJAAAAaGVsbG8udHh0aGlQSwECFAAKAAAAAADDiVZcrCqT2AIAAAACAAAACQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaGVsbG8udHh0UEsFBgAAAAABAAEANwAAACkAAAAAAA==",
-  "base64",
-);
-const STRIP_COMPONENTS_ZIP_BUFFER = Buffer.from(
-  "UEsDBAoAAAAAAMOJVlwAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIAAAAcGFja2FnZS9QSwMECgAAAAAAw4lWXKwqk9gCAAAAAgAAABEAAABwYWNrYWdlL2hlbGxvLnR4dGhpUEsBAhQACgAAAAAAw4lWXAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAgAAAAAAAAAAAAQAAAAAAAAAHBhY2thZ2UvUEsBAhQACgAAAAAAw4lWXKwqk9gCAAAAAgAAABEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAJgAAAHBhY2thZ2UvaGVsbG8udHh0UEsFBgAAAAACAAIAdQAAAFcAAAAAAA==",
-  "base64",
-);
 function buildEntry(name: string): SkillEntry {
   const skillDir = path.join(workspaceDir, "skills", name);
   const filePath = path.join(skillDir, "SKILL.md");
@@ -167,25 +159,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
 });
 
 describe("installDownloadSpec extraction safety", () => {
-  it("extracts zip with stripComponents safely", async () => {
-    const entry = buildEntry("zip-good");
-    const targetDir = path.join(resolveSkillToolsRootDir(entry), "target");
-
-    mockArchiveResponse(new Uint8Array(STRIP_COMPONENTS_ZIP_BUFFER));
-
-    const result = await installDownloadSkill({
-      name: "zip-good",
-      url: "https://example.invalid/good.zip",
-      archive: "zip",
-      stripComponents: 1,
-      targetDir,
-    });
-    expect(result.ok).toBe(true);
-    expect(await fs.readFile(path.join(targetDir, "hello.txt"), "utf-8")).toBe("hi");
-  });
-
   it("rejects targetDir escapes outside the per-skill tools root", async () => {
-    mockArchiveResponse(new Uint8Array(SAFE_ZIP_BUFFER));
     const beforeFetchCalls = fetchWithSsrFGuardMock.mock.calls.length;
 
     const result = await installDownloadSkill({