diff --git a/docs/examples/testing/test_health_check_async.py b/docs/examples/testing/test_health_check_async.py
index 3806c22b61..4fb8e50f6b 100644
--- a/docs/examples/testing/test_health_check_async.py
+++ b/docs/examples/testing/test_health_check_async.py
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@ def health_check() -> str:
 app = Litestar(route_handlers=[health_check])
 
 
-async def test_health_check() -> None:
-    async with AsyncTestClient(app=app) as client:
-        response = await client.get("/health-check")
-        assert response.status_code == HTTP_200_OK
-        assert response.text == "healthy"
-
-
 @pytest.fixture(scope="function")
 async def test_client() -> AsyncIterator[AsyncTestClient[Litestar]]:
     async with AsyncTestClient(app=app) as client:
diff --git a/docs/examples/testing/test_health_check_sync.py b/docs/examples/testing/test_health_check_sync.py
index e7886ff938..5ec2e8bae6 100644
--- a/docs/examples/testing/test_health_check_sync.py
+++ b/docs/examples/testing/test_health_check_sync.py
@@ -15,13 +15,6 @@ def health_check() -> str:
 app = Litestar(route_handlers=[health_check])
 
 
-def test_health_check() -> None:
-    with TestClient(app=app) as client:
-        response = client.get("/health-check")
-        assert response.status_code == HTTP_200_OK
-        assert response.text == "healthy"
-
-
 @pytest.fixture(scope="function")
 def test_client() -> Iterator[TestClient[Litestar]]:
     with TestClient(app=app) as client: