diff --git a/tests/hermes_cli/test_quarantine_forensic_logging.py b/tests/hermes_cli/test_quarantine_forensic_logging.py
index c044c622d18..4ac48123195 100644
--- a/tests/hermes_cli/test_quarantine_forensic_logging.py
+++ b/tests/hermes_cli/test_quarantine_forensic_logging.py
@@ -13,18 +13,9 @@ load-bearing assertion — that the raw refresh token never appears in that outp
 import hashlib
 import logging
 
-import hermes_cli.auth as auth
 from hermes_cli.auth import AuthError, _quarantine_nous_oauth_state
 
 
-# Sanity guard: make sure we are exercising THIS worktree's module and not the
-# editable-installed main checkout that shares the venv.
-def test_module_resolves_to_this_worktree():
-    assert "worktrees/bootstrap-h2-logging" in auth.__file__, (
-        f"auth module resolved to unexpected path: {auth.__file__}"
-    )
-
-
 # A distinctive, obviously-fake refresh token so the redaction assertion is
 # unambiguous if it ever leaks.
 _FAKE_RT = "nous_rt_LEAK_CANARY_do_not_log_raw_0123456789abcdef"