diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/userns/userns_manager_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/userns/userns_manager_test.go
index cf23967405d..6d2d9d6f1f6 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/userns/userns_manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/userns/userns_manager_test.go
@@ -378,21 +378,3 @@ func TestMakeUserNsManagerFailsListPod(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Error(t, err)
 	assert.ErrorContains(t, err, "read pods from disk")
 }
-
-func TestMakeUserNsManagerFailsPodRecord(t *testing.T) {
-	defer featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, pkgfeatures.UserNamespacesSupport, true)()
-
-	testUserNsPodsManager := &testUserNsPodsManager{
-		podList: []types.UID{"pod-1", "pod-2"},
-		podDir:  t.TempDir(),
-	}
-
-	// Remove read/execute permissions from this directory.
-	if err := os.Chmod(testUserNsPodsManager.podDir, 0222); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	_, err := MakeUserNsManager(testUserNsPodsManager)
-	assert.Error(t, err)
-	assert.ErrorContains(t, err, "record pod mappings")
-}