diff --git a/processing/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/query/metadata/SegmentMetadataQueryTest.java b/processing/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/query/metadata/SegmentMetadataQueryTest.java
index 1e5160e2ed83..1abe8ec08c29 100644
--- a/processing/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/query/metadata/SegmentMetadataQueryTest.java
+++ b/processing/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/query/metadata/SegmentMetadataQueryTest.java
@@ -52,13 +52,11 @@
 import org.apache.druid.query.Result;
 import org.apache.druid.query.TableDataSource;
 import org.apache.druid.query.aggregation.AggregatorFactory;
-import org.apache.druid.query.filter.NullFilter;
 import org.apache.druid.query.metadata.metadata.AggregatorMergeStrategy;
 import org.apache.druid.query.metadata.metadata.ColumnAnalysis;
 import org.apache.druid.query.metadata.metadata.ListColumnIncluderator;
 import org.apache.druid.query.metadata.metadata.SegmentAnalysis;
 import org.apache.druid.query.metadata.metadata.SegmentMetadataQuery;
-import org.apache.druid.query.policy.Policy;
 import org.apache.druid.query.spec.LegacySegmentSpec;
 import org.apache.druid.segment.IncrementalIndexSegment;
 import org.apache.druid.segment.QueryableIndex;
@@ -88,7 +86,6 @@
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 
@@ -332,30 +329,6 @@ public void testSegmentMetadataQuery()
     Assert.assertEquals(Collections.singletonList(expectedSegmentAnalysis1), results);
   }
 
-  @Test
-  public void testSegmentMetadataQueryWorksWithRestrictions() throws Exception
-  {
-    ImmutableMap<String, Optional<Policy>> noRestriction = ImmutableMap.of(DATASOURCE, Optional.empty());
-    ImmutableMap<String, Optional<Policy>> alwaysTrueRestriction = ImmutableMap.of(DATASOURCE, Optional.of(
-        Policy.NO_RESTRICTION));
-    ImmutableMap<String, Optional<Policy>> withRestriction = ImmutableMap.of(
-        DATASOURCE,
-        Optional.of(Policy.fromRowFilter(
-            new NullFilter("some-column", null)))
-    );
-    List<?> results1 = runner1.run(QueryPlus.wrap(testQuery.withPolicyRestrictions(noRestriction, Policy.TablePolicySecurityLevel.POLICY_CHECKED_ON_ALL_TABLES_POLICY_MUST_EXIST)))
-                              .toList();
-    List<?> results2 = runner1.run(QueryPlus.wrap(testQuery.withPolicyRestrictions(alwaysTrueRestriction, Policy.TablePolicySecurityLevel.POLICY_CHECKED_ON_ALL_TABLES_POLICY_MUST_EXIST)))
-                              .toList();
-
-    Assert.assertEquals(Collections.singletonList(expectedSegmentAnalysis1), results1);
-    Assert.assertEquals(Collections.singletonList(expectedSegmentAnalysis1), results2);
-    Assert.assertThrows(
-        RuntimeException.class,
-        () -> runner1.run(QueryPlus.wrap(testQuery.withPolicyRestrictions(withRestriction, Policy.TablePolicySecurityLevel.POLICY_CHECKED_ON_ALL_TABLES_POLICY_MUST_EXIST)))
-    );
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void testSegmentMetadataQueryWithRollupMerge()
   {