diff --git a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/SpannerReadIT.java b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/SpannerReadIT.java
index 38fc1887a887..d0164717e158 100644
--- a/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/SpannerReadIT.java
+++ b/sdks/java/io/google-cloud-platform/src/test/java/org/apache/beam/sdk/io/gcp/spanner/SpannerReadIT.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 
 import com.google.api.gax.longrunning.OperationFuture;
-import com.google.cloud.spanner.BatchClient;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.Database;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.DatabaseAdminClient;
 import com.google.cloud.spanner.DatabaseClient;
@@ -45,12 +44,8 @@
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.testing.TestPipeline;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.testing.TestPipelineOptions;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.Count;
-import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.Create;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.MapElements;
-import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.ParDo;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.SerializableFunction;
-import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.SimpleFunction;
-import org.apache.beam.sdk.transforms.View;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.PCollection;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.PCollectionView;
 import org.apache.beam.sdk.values.TypeDescriptor;
@@ -70,7 +65,6 @@
 public class SpannerReadIT {
 
   private static final int MAX_DB_NAME_LENGTH = 30;
-  private static final int CLEANUP_PROPAGATION_DELAY_MS = 5000;
 
   @Rule public final transient TestPipeline p = TestPipeline.create();
   @Rule public transient ExpectedException thrown = ExpectedException.none();
@@ -275,55 +269,6 @@ public void testReadFailsBadTable() throws Exception {
     p.run().waitUntilFinish();
   }
 
-  private static class CloseTransactionFn extends SimpleFunction<Transaction, Transaction> {
-    private final SpannerConfig spannerConfig;
-
-    private CloseTransactionFn(SpannerConfig spannerConfig) {
-      this.spannerConfig = spannerConfig;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public Transaction apply(Transaction tx) {
-      BatchClient batchClient = SpannerAccessor.getOrCreate(spannerConfig).getBatchClient();
-      batchClient.batchReadOnlyTransaction(tx.transactionId()).cleanup();
-      try {
-        // Wait for cleanup to propagate.
-        Thread.sleep(CLEANUP_PROPAGATION_DELAY_MS);
-      } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-        Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
-      }
-      return tx;
-    }
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testReadFailsBadSession() throws Exception {
-
-    thrown.expect(new SpannerWriteIT.StackTraceContainsString("SpannerException"));
-    thrown.expect(new SpannerWriteIT.StackTraceContainsString("NOT_FOUND: Session not found"));
-
-    SpannerConfig spannerConfig = createSpannerConfig();
-
-    // This creates a transaction then closes the session.
-    // The (closed) transaction is then passed to SpannerIO.read() and should
-    // raise SessionNotFound errors.
-    PCollectionView<Transaction> tx =
-        p.apply("Transaction seed", Create.of(1))
-            .apply(
-                "Create transaction",
-                ParDo.of(new CreateTransactionFn(spannerConfig, TimestampBound.strong())))
-            .apply("Close Transaction", MapElements.via(new CloseTransactionFn(spannerConfig)))
-            .apply("As PCollectionView", View.asSingleton());
-    p.apply(
-        "read db",
-        SpannerIO.read()
-            .withSpannerConfig(spannerConfig)
-            .withTable(options.getTable())
-            .withColumns("Key", "Value")
-            .withTransaction(tx));
-    p.run().waitUntilFinish();
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void testQuery() throws Exception {
     SpannerConfig spannerConfig = createSpannerConfig();