diff --git a/ledger/src/shred.rs b/ledger/src/shred.rs
index 2678e2b0d41ad4..0a191689c0cea2 100644
--- a/ledger/src/shred.rs
+++ b/ledger/src/shred.rs
@@ -1454,15 +1454,6 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
-    #[test]
-    fn test_shred_flags_reference_tick_saturates() {
-        const MAX_REFERENCE_TICK: u8 = ShredFlags::SHRED_TICK_REFERENCE_MASK.bits();
-        for tick in 0..=u8::MAX {
-            let flags = ShredFlags::new_from_reference_tick(tick);
-            assert_eq!(tick <= MAX_REFERENCE_TICK, tick == flags.bits());
-        }
-    }
-
     #[test]
     fn test_version_from_hash() {
         let hash = [