diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5425ff919c..ebd0ef239b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -67,6 +67,3 @@ index.html
 
 # test summary
 testresults.json
-
-# Received approval test files
-*.received.*
diff --git a/daemon/algod/api/server/v2/test/handlers_test.go b/daemon/algod/api/server/v2/test/handlers_test.go
index 4c604e936a..61071148ff 100644
--- a/daemon/algod/api/server/v2/test/handlers_test.go
+++ b/daemon/algod/api/server/v2/test/handlers_test.go
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	approvals "github.com/approvals/go-approval-tests"
-	"github.com/approvals/go-approval-tests/reporters"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
@@ -157,46 +155,6 @@ func TestGetRoundStateDelta(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, poolDeltaResponseGolden.Totals, actualResponse.Totals)
 }
 
-type AssertableHTTPResponse struct {
-	Status     string      `json:"status"`
-	StatusCode int         `json:"statusCode"`
-	Headers    http.Header `json:"headers"`
-	Body       interface{} `json:"body"`
-}
-
-func TestGetRoundStateDeltaApproval(t *testing.T) {
-	partitiontest.PartitionTest(t)
-	t.Parallel()
-	a := require.New(t)
-
-	handler, c, rec, _, _, releasefunc := setupTestForMethodGet(t)
-	defer releasefunc()
-	insertRounds(a, handler, 3)
-
-	err := handler.GetRoundStateDelta(c, 2)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-
-	actualResponse := model.RoundStateDelta{}
-	err = protocol.DecodeJSON(rec.Body.Bytes(), &actualResponse)
-
-	// Blot out non-deterministic PrevTimestamp
-	require.NotZero(t, actualResponse.PrevTimestamp)
-	z := uint64(0)
-	actualResponse.PrevTimestamp = &z
-
-	res := rec.Result()
-	resp := AssertableHTTPResponse{
-		res.Status,
-		res.StatusCode,
-		res.Header,
-		actualResponse,
-	}
-
-	approvals.UseFolder("testdata")
-	approvals.UseReporter(reporters.NewRealDiffReporter())
-	approvals.VerifyJSONBytes(t, protocol.EncodeJSON(resp))
-}
-
 func TestSyncRound(t *testing.T) {
 	partitiontest.PartitionTest(t)
 	t.Parallel()
diff --git a/daemon/algod/api/server/v2/test/testdata/handlers_test.TestGetRoundStateDeltaApproval.approved.json b/daemon/algod/api/server/v2/test/testdata/handlers_test.TestGetRoundStateDeltaApproval.approved.json
deleted file mode 100644
index db1de7be6e..0000000000
--- a/daemon/algod/api/server/v2/test/testdata/handlers_test.TestGetRoundStateDeltaApproval.approved.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "body": {
-    "accts": {
-      "accounts": [
-        {
-          "account-data": {
-            "address": "7777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777774MSJUVU",
-            "amount": 50000000000,
-            "amount-without-pending-rewards": 50000000000,
-            "min-balance": 100000,
-            "pending-rewards": 0,
-            "rewards": 0,
-            "round": 2,
-            "status": "Not Participating",
-            "total-apps-opted-in": 0,
-            "total-assets-opted-in": 0,
-            "total-created-apps": 0,
-            "total-created-assets": 0
-          },
-          "address": "7777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777777774MSJUVU"
-        }
-      ]
-    },
-    "totals": {
-      "not-participating": 100000000000,
-      "offline": 0,
-      "online": 658511,
-      "rewards-level": 0
-    },
-    "tx-ids": [
-      {
-        "intra": 0,
-        "lastValid": 0,
-        "txId": "Z7ATVET4TI3UG32H2PYJQPREPYOQHAH376E25M3KB57OEW66YMPA"
-      }
-    ]
-  },
-  "headers": {
-    "Content-Type": [
-      "application/json; charset=UTF-8"
-    ]
-  },
-  "status": "200 OK",
-  "statusCode": 200
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index be25fbe36b..8be3f87c30 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ require (
 	github.com/algorand/msgp v1.1.53
 	github.com/algorand/oapi-codegen v1.12.0-algorand.0
 	github.com/algorand/websocket v1.4.5
-	github.com/approvals/go-approval-tests v0.0.0-20220530063708-32d5677069bd
 	github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.16.5
 	github.com/consensys/gnark-crypto v0.7.0
 	github.com/davidlazar/go-crypto v0.0.0-20170701192655-dcfb0a7ac018
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 8f95c2451d..482b393719 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -22,8 +22,6 @@ github.com/algorand/websocket v1.4.5 h1:Cs6UTaCReAl02evYxmN8k57cNHmBILRcspfSxYg4
 github.com/algorand/websocket v1.4.5/go.mod h1:79n6FSZY08yQagHzE/YWZqTPBYfY5wc3IS+UTZe1W5c=
 github.com/apapsch/go-jsonmerge/v2 v2.0.0 h1:axGnT1gRIfimI7gJifB699GoE/oq+F2MU7Dml6nw9rQ=
 github.com/apapsch/go-jsonmerge/v2 v2.0.0/go.mod h1:lvDnEdqiQrp0O42VQGgmlKpxL1AP2+08jFMw88y4klk=
-github.com/approvals/go-approval-tests v0.0.0-20220530063708-32d5677069bd h1:8j7sBEy0h6+Bvr0AeKHIHCsmzCzWGXAQweA7k+uiRYk=
-github.com/approvals/go-approval-tests v0.0.0-20220530063708-32d5677069bd/go.mod h1:PJOqSY8IofNv3heAD6k8E7EfFS6okiSS9bSAasaAUME=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.16.5 h1:NVxzZXIuwX828VcJrpNxxWjur1tlOBISdMdDdHIKHcc=
 github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go v1.16.5/go.mod h1:KmX6BPdI08NWTb3/sm4ZGu5ShLoqVDhKgpiN924inxo=
 github.com/bmatcuk/doublestar v1.1.1/go.mod h1:UD6OnuiIn0yFxxA2le/rnRU1G4RaI4UvFv1sNto9p6w=