diff --git a/t/cli/test_deployment_data_plane.sh b/t/cli/test_deployment_data_plane.sh
index 14b4cc26e321..8dc91ef378c6 100755
--- a/t/cli/test_deployment_data_plane.sh
+++ b/t/cli/test_deployment_data_plane.sh
@@ -60,24 +60,3 @@ if [ ! $code -eq 404 ]; then
 fi
 
 echo "passed: data_plane should not enable Admin API"
-
-echo '
-deployment:
-    role: data_plane
-    role_data_plane:
-        config_provider: etcd
-    etcd:
-        host:
-            - https://127.0.0.1:12379
-        prefix: "/apisix"
-        timeout: 30
-' > conf/config.yaml
-
-out=$(make run 2>&1 || true)
-make stop
-if ! echo "$out" | grep 'failed to load the configuration: https://127.0.0.1:12379: certificate verify failed'; then
-    echo "failed: should verify certificate by default"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-echo "passed: should verify certificate by default"