diff --git a/pkl-core/src/test/kotlin/org/pkl/core/EvaluatorTest.kt b/pkl-core/src/test/kotlin/org/pkl/core/EvaluatorTest.kt
index 6190f3da3..c38cb64cd 100644
--- a/pkl-core/src/test/kotlin/org/pkl/core/EvaluatorTest.kt
+++ b/pkl-core/src/test/kotlin/org/pkl/core/EvaluatorTest.kt
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import java.nio.file.FileSystems
 import java.nio.file.Files
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import java.util.*
-import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
 import java.util.regex.Pattern
 import kotlin.io.encoding.Base64
 import kotlin.io.path.createParentDirectories
@@ -31,11 +30,8 @@ import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatCode
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Timeout
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.assertDoesNotThrow
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.assertThrows
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.EnabledOnOs
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.condition.OS
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir
 import org.pkl.commons.createTempFile
 import org.pkl.commons.test.PackageServer
@@ -556,28 +552,6 @@ class EvaluatorTest {
     }
   }
 
-  @Test
-  @EnabledOnOs(OS.WINDOWS)
-  @Timeout(1, unit = TimeUnit.SECONDS)
-  fun `root dir check happens without any UNC or SMB access`() {
-    val evaluator =
-      with(EvaluatorBuilder.preconfigured()) {
-        rootDir = Path.of("/tmp/test")
-        build()
-      }
-    // this uses a TEST-NET-1 IP which has no server running in order to force a timeout-driven
-    // failure (takes ~20s)
-    // root dir check failure should prevent any I/O and fail fast instead of hitting the timeout
-    val exc =
-      assertThrows<PklException> {
-        evaluator.evaluate(text("result = import(\"file://192.0.2.1/share/nope.pkl\")"))
-      }
-    assertThat(exc)
-      .hasMessageContaining(
-        "Refusing to load module `file://192.0.2.1/share/nope.pkl` because it is not within the root directory (`--root-dir`)."
-      )
-  }
-
   @Test
   fun `constraint failures activate instrumentation`() {
     val evaluator =