diff --git a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/ProjectInitializationActionIT.java b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/ProjectInitializationActionIT.java
index 77f05a1..47037d6 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/ProjectInitializationActionIT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/googlesource/gerrit/plugins/replication/pull/api/ProjectInitializationActionIT.java
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class ProjectInitializationActionIT extends ActionITBase {
-  public static final String INVALID_TEST_PROJECT_NAME = "\0";
   @Inject private ProjectOperations projectOperations;
 
   @Test
@@ -150,18 +149,6 @@
 
   @Test
   @GerritConfig(name = "container.replica", value = "true")
-  public void shouldReturnBadRequestIfProjectNameIsInvalidAndCannotBeCreatedWhenNodeIsAReplica()
-      throws Exception {
-    url = getURLWithAuthenticationPrefix(INVALID_TEST_PROJECT_NAME);
-    httpClientFactory
-        .create(source)
-        .execute(
-            withBasicAuthenticationAsAdmin(createPutRequestWithHeaders()),
-            assertHttpResponseCode(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST));
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  @GerritConfig(name = "container.replica", value = "true")
   public void shouldReturnBadRequestIfContentNotSetWhenNodeIsAReplica() throws Exception {
     httpClientFactory
         .create(source)