diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/proxy/upgradeaware_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/proxy/upgradeaware_test.go
index 141d2d85a71..3f2d41f9460 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/proxy/upgradeaware_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/proxy/upgradeaware_test.go
@@ -763,21 +763,6 @@ func TestProxyRequestContentLengthAndTransferEncoding(t *testing.T) {
 			expectedBody: sampleData,
 		},
 
-		"content-length + identity transfer-encoding": {
-			reqHeaders: http.Header{
-				"Content-Length":    []string{"5"},
-				"Transfer-Encoding": []string{"identity"},
-			},
-			reqBody: sampleData,
-
-			expectedHeaders: http.Header{
-				"Content-Length":    []string{"5"},
-				"Content-Encoding":  nil, // none set
-				"Transfer-Encoding": nil, // gets removed
-			},
-			expectedBody: sampleData,
-		},
-
 		"content-length + gzip content-encoding": {
 			reqHeaders: http.Header{
 				"Content-Length":   []string{strconv.Itoa(len(zip(sampleData)))},