diff --git a/packages/react/src/Pagehead/Pagehead.stories.tsx b/packages/react/src/Pagehead/Pagehead.stories.tsx
index ceea390c631..7213dbf414e 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/Pagehead/Pagehead.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/Pagehead/Pagehead.stories.tsx
@@ -35,22 +35,4 @@ Playground.argTypes = {
       options: ['div', 'h1', 'h2', 'h3', 'h4', 'h5', 'h6'],
     },
   },
-  forwardedAs: {
-    controls: false,
-    table: {
-      disable: true,
-    },
-  },
-  ref: {
-    controls: false,
-    table: {
-      disable: true,
-    },
-  },
-  theme: {
-    controls: false,
-    table: {
-      disable: true,
-    },
-  },
 }
diff --git a/packages/react/src/Pagehead/Pagehead.test.tsx b/packages/react/src/Pagehead/Pagehead.test.tsx
index 0c1fc8bad2b..d4844cdc75a 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/Pagehead/Pagehead.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/Pagehead/Pagehead.test.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import React from 'react'
 import Pagehead from '../Pagehead'
-import theme from '../theme'
 import {behavesAsComponent, checkExports} from '../utils/testing'
 import {render as HTMLRender} from '@testing-library/react'
 import axe from 'axe-core'
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ describe('Pagehead', () => {
   })
 
   it('should have no axe violations', async () => {
-    const {container} = HTMLRender(<Pagehead theme={theme}>Pagehead</Pagehead>)
+    const {container} = HTMLRender(<Pagehead>Pagehead</Pagehead>)
     const results = await axe.run(container)
     expect(results).toHaveNoViolations()
   })
diff --git a/packages/react/src/Pagehead/Pagehead.types.test.tsx b/packages/react/src/Pagehead/Pagehead.types.test.tsx
index df691989646..d4d46581f1c 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/Pagehead/Pagehead.types.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/Pagehead/Pagehead.types.test.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,3 @@ import Pagehead from '../Pagehead'
 export function shouldAcceptCallWithNoProps() {
   return <Pagehead />
 }
-
-export function shouldNotAcceptSystemProps() {
-  return <Pagehead backgroundColor="orchid" />
-}