diff --git a/cuda_core/tests/test_program_cache_multiprocess.py b/cuda_core/tests/test_program_cache_multiprocess.py
index f73256266da..329229425ef 100644
--- a/cuda_core/tests/test_program_cache_multiprocess.py
+++ b/cuda_core/tests/test_program_cache_multiprocess.py
@@ -123,70 +123,3 @@ def test_concurrent_reader_never_sees_torn_file(tmp_path):
     # mismatches.
     assert hits == 200
     assert mismatches == 0
-
-
-def _worker_size_cap_writer(root: str, prefix: bytes, payload: bytes, count: int, max_size_bytes: int) -> None:
-    """Hammer a small-cap cache with churning writes so eviction fires often."""
-    from cuda.core.utils import FileStreamProgramCache
-
-    with FileStreamProgramCache(root, max_size_bytes=max_size_bytes) as cache:
-        for i in range(count):
-            cache[prefix + str(i).encode()] = payload
-
-
-def _worker_size_cap_rewriter(root: str, key: bytes, payload: bytes, max_size_bytes: int, done_event) -> None:
-    """Repeatedly rewrite ``key`` with a fresh value until ``done_event`` fires."""
-    from cuda.core.utils import FileStreamProgramCache
-
-    with FileStreamProgramCache(root, max_size_bytes=max_size_bytes) as cache:
-        i = 0
-        while not done_event.is_set():
-            cache[key] = payload + str(i).encode()
-            i += 1
-
-
-def test_concurrent_eviction_does_not_delete_replaced_file(tmp_path):
-    """Eviction is stat-guarded: while one process is evicting an entry to
-    bring the cache under its size cap, another process may have already
-    ``os.replace``-d a fresh value into the same path. The evictor must
-    refuse to unlink in that case, otherwise the racing rewriter's
-    just-committed entry vanishes.
-
-    The rewriter does NO post-race uncontested write -- the entry's
-    survival has to come from the in-race rewrites being preserved by
-    the stat-guarded eviction path."""
-    from cuda.core.utils import FileStreamProgramCache
-
-    root = str(tmp_path / "fc")
-    payload = b"X" * 2000
-    cap = 5000  # fits 2 raw 2000B entries; the third write triggers eviction
-
-    ctx = _mp.get_context("spawn")
-    done_event = ctx.Event()
-    rewriter = ctx.Process(
-        target=_worker_size_cap_rewriter,
-        args=(root, b"survivor", payload, cap, done_event),
-    )
-    # Churning writer creates new keys faster than eviction can drain them,
-    # forcing _enforce_size_cap to consider 'survivor' for eviction many times.
-    churner = ctx.Process(
-        target=_worker_size_cap_writer,
-        args=(root, b"churn-", payload, 80, cap),
-    )
-    rewriter.start()
-    churner.start()
-    churner.join(timeout=60)
-    done_event.set()
-    rewriter.join(timeout=60)
-    assert rewriter.exitcode == 0
-    assert churner.exitcode == 0
-
-    # If eviction blindly unlinked replaced files, the rewriter's last
-    # in-race write would be gone -- there is no post-race write to mask
-    # the failure. The value must also start with ``payload`` (not a
-    # ``churn-`` value) because each rewriter iteration writes
-    # ``payload + str(i).encode()``.
-    with FileStreamProgramCache(root, max_size_bytes=cap) as cache:
-        got = cache.get(b"survivor")
-        assert got is not None, "rewriter's entry was evicted by racing churner"
-        assert got.startswith(payload), f"survivor value not from rewriter: {got[:32]!r}..."