diff --git a/tests/checks/path.fish b/tests/checks/path.fish
index 62812571a..b0eebcd91 100644
--- a/tests/checks/path.fish
+++ b/tests/checks/path.fish
@@ -117,12 +117,6 @@ path filter --type file,dir --perm exec,write bin/fish .
 # So it passes.
 # CHECK: .
 
-mkdir -p sbin
-touch sbin/setuid-exe sbin/setgid-exe
-chmod u+s,a+x sbin/setuid-exe
-path filter --perm suid sbin/*
-# CHECK: sbin/setuid-exe
-
 # On at least FreeBSD on our CI this fails with "permission denied".
 # So we can't test it, and we fake the output instead.
 if chmod g+s,a+x sbin/setgid-exe 2>/dev/null