diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 469ff7c72f..9c12a667d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ jobs:
               { name: 'graphql', path: 'src/graphql/tests', },
               { name: 'landings', path: 'src/landings/tests', },
               { name: 'linting', path: 'src/content-linter/tests', },
-              { name: 'meta', path: 'tests/meta', },
               { name: 'observability', path: 'src/observability/tests' },
               { name: 'pageinfo', path: 'src/pageinfo/tests', },
               { name: 'rendering', path: 'tests/rendering', },
diff --git a/tests/meta/orphan-tests.js b/tests/meta/orphan-tests.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 6be4dc4ee6..0000000000
--- a/tests/meta/orphan-tests.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import { statSync } from 'fs'
-import fs from 'fs/promises'
-import path from 'path'
-
-describe('check for orphan tests', () => {
-  test('all tests are in sub-directories', async () => {
-    // A known list of exceptions that can live outside of directories
-    const EXCEPTIONS = ['README.md', 'package.json', 'utils.js', '.DS_Store', 'PLAYWRIGHT.md']
-    const pathToTests = 'tests'
-
-    // Get a list of files/directories in `/tests`
-    const testDirectory = await fs.readdir(pathToTests)
-
-    // Filter out our exceptions and directories
-    const filteredList = testDirectory
-      .filter((item) => !EXCEPTIONS.includes(item))
-      .filter((item) => !statSync(path.join(pathToTests, item)).isDirectory())
-
-    expect(filteredList).toHaveLength(0)
-  })
-})