diff --git a/spring-cloud-sleuth-stream/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/stream/StreamSpanListenerTests.java b/spring-cloud-sleuth-stream/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/stream/StreamSpanListenerTests.java
index 49b8f9d38..f5cea7364 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-sleuth-stream/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/stream/StreamSpanListenerTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-sleuth-stream/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/sleuth/stream/StreamSpanListenerTests.java
@@ -85,15 +85,6 @@ public class StreamSpanListenerTests {
 		this.test.spans.clear();
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	public void acquireAndRelease() {
-		Span context = this.tracer.createSpan("http:foo");
-
-		this.tracer.close(context);
-
-		Awaitility.await().until(() -> assertThat(StreamSpanListenerTests.this.test.spans).hasSize(1));
-	}
-
 	@Test
 	public void rpcAnnotations() {
 		Span parent = Span.builder().traceId(1L).name("http:parent").remote(true)