diff --git a/packages/orchestration/test/facade.test.ts b/packages/orchestration/test/facade.test.ts
index cf5c0dc43ad..3d637205a91 100644
--- a/packages/orchestration/test/facade.test.ts
+++ b/packages/orchestration/test/facade.test.ts
@@ -48,44 +48,4 @@ test('chain info', async t => {
   t.deepEqual(await result.getChainInfo(), mockChainInfo);
 });
 
-// XXX what to do with this test now that chainInfos is the caller's responsibility?
-test('contract upgrade', async t => {
-  const { bootstrap, facadeServices } = await commonSetup(t);
-
-  const zone = bootstrap.rootZone;
-
-  const { zcf } = await setupZCFTest();
-
-  // Register once
-  {
-    const chainHub = makeChainHub(facadeServices.agoricNames);
-    makeOrchestrationFacade({
-      ...facadeServices,
-      storageNode: bootstrap.storage.rootNode,
-      zcf,
-      zone,
-      chainHub,
-      makeLocalChainAccountKit,
-    });
-    chainHub.registerChain('mock', mockChainInfo);
-
-    // cannot register again in this incarnation
-    t.throws(() => chainHub.registerChain('mock', mockChainInfo), {
-      message: /already registered/,
-    });
-  }
-
-  // Simulate running again in a new incarnation with the same zone
-  {
-    const chainHub = makeChainHub(facadeServices.agoricNames);
-    makeOrchestrationFacade({
-      ...facadeServices,
-      storageNode: bootstrap.storage.rootNode,
-      zcf,
-      zone,
-      chainHub,
-      makeLocalChainAccountKit,
-    });
-    chainHub.registerChain('mock', mockChainInfo);
-  }
-});
+test.todo('contract upgrade');