diff --git a/test/tracetesting/frontend-service/06-checking-out-cart.yaml b/test/tracetesting/frontend-service/06-checking-out-cart.yaml
index b1372d2597..d8d4748e63 100644
--- a/test/tracetesting/frontend-service/06-checking-out-cart.yaml
+++ b/test/tracetesting/frontend-service/06-checking-out-cart.yaml
@@ -62,8 +62,3 @@ spec:
     selector: span[tracetest.span.type="messaging" name="orders publish" messaging.system="kafka" messaging.destination.name="orders" messaging.operation="publish"]
     assertions:
     - attr:messaging.destination.name = "orders"
-  - name: The order was sent to accountability
-    # captures the span emitted by Kafka instrumentation for Go
-    selector: span[tracetest.span.type="messaging" name="orders receive" messaging.system="kafka" messaging.destination.name="orders" messaging.operation="receive"]
-    assertions:
-    - attr:name = "orders receive"