diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/PathResourceResolverTests.java b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/PathResourceResolverTests.java
index 9290981ce4..4b9ba4e800 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/PathResourceResolverTests.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/PathResourceResolverTests.java
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.fail;
 
 /**
  * Unit tests for {@link PathResourceResolver}.
@@ -101,9 +100,6 @@ public class PathResourceResolverTests {
 	private void testCheckResource(Resource location, String requestPath) throws IOException {
 		List<Resource> locations = Collections.singletonList(location);
 		Resource actual = this.resolver.resolveResource(null, requestPath, locations, null).block(TIMEOUT);
-		if (!location.createRelative(requestPath).exists() && !requestPath.contains(":")) {
-			fail(requestPath + " doesn't actually exist as a relative path");
-		}
 		assertThat(actual).isNull();
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandlerTests.java b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandlerTests.java
index 15432ea1a6..5b4ec3cd3d 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandlerTests.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceWebHandlerTests.java
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatIllegalArgumentException;
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.fail;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.given;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
@@ -412,9 +411,6 @@ class ResourceWebHandlerTests {
 					assertThat(((ResponseStatusException) err).getStatusCode()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND);
 				})
 				.verify(TIMEOUT);
-		if (!location.createRelative(requestPath).exists() && !requestPath.contains(":")) {
-			fail(requestPath + " doesn't actually exist as a relative path");
-		}
 	}
 
 	@Test
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PathResourceResolverTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PathResourceResolverTests.java
index 9ac37c3e98..860a3e5c02 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PathResourceResolverTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/PathResourceResolverTests.java
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import org.springframework.web.testfixture.servlet.MockServletContext;
 import org.springframework.web.util.UrlPathHelper;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.fail;
 
 /**
  * Unit tests for {@link PathResourceResolver}.
@@ -86,9 +85,6 @@ public class PathResourceResolverTests {
 	private void testCheckResource(Resource location, String requestPath) throws IOException {
 		List<Resource> locations = Collections.singletonList(location);
 		Resource actual = this.resolver.resolveResource(null, requestPath, locations, null);
-		if (!location.createRelative(requestPath).exists() && !requestPath.contains(":")) {
-			fail(requestPath + " doesn't actually exist as a relative path");
-		}
 		assertThat(actual).isNull();
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.java
index 2fa3383bed..a677cc685f 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/resource/ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests.java
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ import org.springframework.web.testfixture.servlet.MockServletContext;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatExceptionOfType;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatIllegalStateException;
-import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.fail;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.given;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
@@ -414,9 +413,6 @@ class ResourceHttpRequestHandlerTests {
 		this.request.setAttribute(HandlerMapping.PATH_WITHIN_HANDLER_MAPPING_ATTRIBUTE, requestPath);
 		this.response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
 		this.handler.handleRequest(this.request, this.response);
-		if (!location.createRelative(requestPath).exists() && !requestPath.contains(":")) {
-			fail(requestPath + " doesn't actually exist as a relative path");
-		}
 		assertThat(this.response.getStatus()).isEqualTo(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND.value());
 	}