diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/dag_processing/bundles/manager.py b/airflow-core/src/airflow/dag_processing/bundles/manager.py
index 1ace2896028c6..9760da617a1d9 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/dag_processing/bundles/manager.py
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/dag_processing/bundles/manager.py
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 # under the License.
 from __future__ import annotations
 
-import os
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
 
 from airflow.configuration import conf
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@
     from airflow.dag_processing.bundles.base import BaseDagBundle
 
 _example_dag_bundle_name = "example_dags"
-_example_standard_dag_bundle_name = "example_standard_dags"
 
 
 def _bundle_item_exc(msg):
@@ -82,25 +80,6 @@ def _add_example_dag_bundle(config_list):
     )
 
 
-def _add_example_standard_dag_bundle(config_list):
-    # TODO(potiuk): make it more generic - for now we only add standard example_dags if they are locally available
-    try:
-        from system import standard
-    except ImportError:
-        return
-
-    example_dag_folder = next(iter(standard.__path__))
-    config_list.append(
-        {
-            "name": _example_standard_dag_bundle_name,
-            "classpath": "airflow.dag_processing.bundles.local.LocalDagBundle",
-            "kwargs": {
-                "path": example_dag_folder,
-            },
-        }
-    )
-
-
 class DagBundlesManager(LoggingMixin):
     """Manager for DAG bundles."""
 
@@ -133,11 +112,6 @@ def parse_config(self) -> None:
         _validate_bundle_config(config_list)
         if conf.getboolean("core", "LOAD_EXAMPLES"):
             _add_example_dag_bundle(config_list)
-            if (
-                os.environ.get("BREEZE", "").lower() == "true"
-                or os.environ.get("_IN_UNIT_TESTS", "").lower() == "true"
-            ):
-                _add_example_standard_dag_bundle(config_list)
 
         for cfg in config_list:
             name = cfg["name"]
diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/example_dags/standard b/airflow-core/src/airflow/example_dags/standard
new file mode 120000
index 0000000000000..c5f1f37b5270a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/example_dags/standard
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../../../providers/standard/tests/system/standard/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/airflow-core/src/airflow/models/dagbag.py b/airflow-core/src/airflow/models/dagbag.py
index d0c8bf98f4152..52c2337474d74 100644
--- a/airflow-core/src/airflow/models/dagbag.py
+++ b/airflow-core/src/airflow/models/dagbag.py
@@ -586,14 +586,6 @@ def collect_dags(
             example_dag_folder = next(iter(example_dags.__path__))
 
             files_to_parse.extend(list_py_file_paths(example_dag_folder, safe_mode=safe_mode))
-            try:
-                from system import standard
-
-                example_dag_folder_standard = next(iter(standard.__path__))
-                files_to_parse.extend(list_py_file_paths(example_dag_folder_standard, safe_mode=safe_mode))
-            except ImportError:
-                # Nothing happens - this should only work during tests
-                pass
 
         for filepath in files_to_parse:
             try:
diff --git a/airflow-core/tests/unit/api_fastapi/core_api/routes/public/test_dag_report.py b/airflow-core/tests/unit/api_fastapi/core_api/routes/public/test_dag_report.py
index 314d6126b9669..3938894001de9 100644
--- a/airflow-core/tests/unit/api_fastapi/core_api/routes/public/test_dag_report.py
+++ b/airflow-core/tests/unit/api_fastapi/core_api/routes/public/test_dag_report.py
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 
 from airflow.utils.file import list_py_file_paths
 
-from tests_common.pytest_plugin import AIRFLOW_ROOT_PATH
 from tests_common.test_utils.config import conf_vars
 from tests_common.test_utils.db import clear_db_dags, parse_and_sync_to_db
 
@@ -34,18 +33,12 @@
 TEST_DAG_FOLDER_INVALID = "/invalid/path"
 TEST_DAG_FOLDER_INVALID_2 = "/root/airflow/tests/dags/"
 
-STANDARD_PROVIDER_SYSTEM_TESTS_PATH = (
-    AIRFLOW_ROOT_PATH / "providers" / "standard" / "tests" / "system" / "standard"
-)
-
 
 def get_corresponding_dag_file_count(dir: str, include_examples: bool = True) -> int:
     from airflow import example_dags
 
-    return (
-        len(list_py_file_paths(directory=dir))
-        + (len(list_py_file_paths(next(iter(example_dags.__path__)))) if include_examples else 0)
-        + (len(list_py_file_paths(STANDARD_PROVIDER_SYSTEM_TESTS_PATH.as_posix())) if include_examples else 0)
+    return len(list_py_file_paths(directory=dir)) + (
+        len(list_py_file_paths(next(iter(example_dags.__path__)))) if include_examples else 0
     )
 
 
diff --git a/airflow-core/tests/unit/models/test_dagbag.py b/airflow-core/tests/unit/models/test_dagbag.py
index 44eb06229ee89..6d6ebbf306988 100644
--- a/airflow-core/tests/unit/models/test_dagbag.py
+++ b/airflow-core/tests/unit/models/test_dagbag.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 
 pytestmark = pytest.mark.db_test
 
-example_dags_folder = AIRFLOW_ROOT_PATH / "providers" / "standard" / "tests" / "system" / "standard"
+example_dags_folder = AIRFLOW_ROOT_PATH / "airflow-core" / "src" / "airflow" / "example_dags" / "standard"
 
 PY311 = sys.version_info >= (3, 11)