diff --git a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/network/SslTransportLayerTest.java b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/network/SslTransportLayerTest.java
index f9a64f6fdb6fc..17a8d796a7f11 100644
--- a/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/network/SslTransportLayerTest.java
+++ b/clients/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/common/network/SslTransportLayerTest.java
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@
 import org.apache.kafka.test.TestSslUtils;
 import org.apache.kafka.test.TestUtils;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterEach;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.DisabledOnJre;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.JRE;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.ExtensionContext;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
@@ -627,22 +625,6 @@ private void checkAuthenticationFailed(Args args, String node, String tlsVersion
         selector.close();
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Tests that connections cannot be made with unsupported TLS versions
-     */
-    @ParameterizedTest
-    @ArgumentsSource(SslTransportLayerArgumentsProvider.class)
-    @DisabledOnJre(JRE.JAVA_16)
-    public void testUnsupportedTlsVersion(Args args) throws Exception {
-        server = createEchoServer(args, SecurityProtocol.SSL);
-
-        checkAuthenticationFailed(args, "0", "TLSv1.1");
-        server.verifyAuthenticationMetrics(0, 1);
-
-        checkAuthenticationFailed(args, "0", "TLSv1");
-        server.verifyAuthenticationMetrics(0, 2);
-    }
-
     /**
      * Tests that connections cannot be made with unsupported TLS cipher suites
      */