diff --git a/client/internal/statemanager/manager_test.go b/client/internal/statemanager/manager_test.go
deleted file mode 100644
index f3ca8187fa..0000000000
--- a/client/internal/statemanager/manager_test.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-package statemanager
-
-import (
-	"context"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"testing"
-	"time"
-
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-)
-
-// MockState implements the State interface for testing
-type MockState struct {
-}
-
-func (m MockState) Name() string {
-	return "mock_state"
-}
-
-func (m MockState) Cleanup() error {
-	return nil
-}
-
-func TestManager_PersistState_SlowWrite(t *testing.T) {
-	tmpDir := t.TempDir()
-
-	tests := []struct {
-		name           string
-		contextTimeout time.Duration
-		expectError    bool
-		errorType      error
-	}{
-		{
-			name:           "write completes before deadline",
-			contextTimeout: 1 * time.Second,
-			expectError:    false,
-		},
-		{
-			name:           "write exceeds deadline",
-			contextTimeout: 0,
-			expectError:    true,
-			errorType:      context.DeadlineExceeded,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tt := range tests {
-		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			stateFile := filepath.Join(tmpDir, tt.name+"-state.json")
-
-			file, err := os.Create(stateFile)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-			defer file.Close()
-
-			m := New(stateFile)
-
-			// Register and update mock state
-			mockState := &MockState{}
-			m.RegisterState(mockState)
-			err = m.UpdateState(mockState)
-			require.NoError(t, err)
-
-			// Create context with timeout
-			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), tt.contextTimeout)
-			defer cancel()
-
-			// Attempt to persist state
-			err = m.PersistState(ctx)
-
-			if tt.expectError {
-				assert.Error(t, err)
-				assert.Equal(t, context.DeadlineExceeded, err)
-				assert.Len(t, m.dirty, 1)
-			} else {
-				assert.NoError(t, err)
-				assert.FileExists(t, stateFile)
-				assert.Empty(t, m.dirty)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}