diff --git a/instrumentation/aws-lambda/aws-lambda-core-1.0/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/awslambdacore/v1_0/AbstractAwsLambdaTest.java b/instrumentation/aws-lambda/aws-lambda-core-1.0/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/awslambdacore/v1_0/AbstractAwsLambdaTest.java
index 25a32896aad5..65948ac56e2a 100644
--- a/instrumentation/aws-lambda/aws-lambda-core-1.0/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/awslambdacore/v1_0/AbstractAwsLambdaTest.java
+++ b/instrumentation/aws-lambda/aws-lambda-core-1.0/testing/src/main/java/io/opentelemetry/instrumentation/awslambdacore/v1_0/AbstractAwsLambdaTest.java
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
 
 import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.Context;
 import com.amazonaws.services.lambda.runtime.RequestHandler;
-import io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey;
-import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.trace.SpanKind;
 import io.opentelemetry.instrumentation.testing.junit.InstrumentationExtension;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.trace.data.StatusData;
@@ -22,7 +20,6 @@
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtendWith;
-import org.junitpioneer.jupiter.SetEnvironmentVariable;
 import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.junit.jupiter.MockitoExtension;
 
@@ -90,39 +87,4 @@ void handlerTracedWithException() {
                             .hasAttributesSatisfyingExactly(
                                 equalTo(SemanticAttributes.FAAS_INVOCATION_ID, "1-22-333"))));
   }
-
-  @Test
-  @SetEnvironmentVariable(
-      key = "_X_AMZN_TRACE_ID",
-      value = "Root=1-8a3c60f7-d188f8fa79d48a391a778fa6;Parent=0000000000000456;Sampled=1")
-  void handlerLinksToInfrastructureTrace() {
-    String result = handler().handleRequest("hello", context);
-    assertThat(result).isEqualTo("world");
-
-    testing()
-        .waitAndAssertTraces(
-            trace ->
-                trace.hasSpansSatisfyingExactly(
-                    span ->
-                        span.hasName("my_function")
-                            .hasKind(SpanKind.SERVER)
-                            .hasLinksSatisfying(
-                                links ->
-                                    assertThat(links)
-                                        .singleElement()
-                                        .satisfies(
-                                            link -> {
-                                              assertThat(link.getSpanContext().getTraceId())
-                                                  .isEqualTo("8a3c60f7d188f8fa79d48a391a778fa6");
-                                              assertThat(link.getSpanContext().getSpanId())
-                                                  .isEqualTo("0000000000000456");
-                                              assertThat(link.getAttributes())
-                                                  .isEqualTo(
-                                                      Attributes.of(
-                                                          AttributeKey.stringKey("source"),
-                                                          "x-ray-env"));
-                                            }))
-                            .hasAttributesSatisfyingExactly(
-                                equalTo(SemanticAttributes.FAAS_INVOCATION_ID, "1-22-333"))));
-  }
 }