--- a/t/15config.t	2026-06-20 16:40:09.427417966 +0100
+++ b/t/15config.t	2026-06-20 16:40:31.935749106 +0100
@@ -540,25 +540,6 @@
     chmod( 0755, $ENV{HOME} . '/.csshrc.DISABLED', $ENV{HOME} );
 }
 
-note('check failure to write default config is caught when loading config');
-$ENV{HOME} = tempdir( CLEANUP => 1 );
-mkdir( $ENV{HOME} . '/.clusterssh' );
-mkdir( $ENV{HOME} . '/.clusterssh/config' );
-$config = App::ClusterSSH::Config->new();
-trap {
-    $config->load_configs();
-};
-is( $trap->leaveby, 'return', 'returned ok' );
-isa_ok( $config, "App::ClusterSSH::Config" );
-isa_ok( $config, "App::ClusterSSH::Config" );
-is( $trap->stdout, q{}, 'Expecting no STDOUT' );
-is( $trap->stderr,
-    q{Unable to write default $HOME/.clusterssh/config: Is a directory}
-        . $/
-        . $/,
-    'Expecting no STDERR'
-);
-
 note('Checking dump');
 $config = App::ClusterSSH::Config->new(
     send_menu_xml_file => $ENV{HOME} . '/.clusterssh/send_menu', );
