diff --git a/crates/engine/src/tests_settings.rs b/crates/engine/src/tests_settings.rs
index ee4c6ebe..65e39b46 100644
--- a/crates/engine/src/tests_settings.rs
+++ b/crates/engine/src/tests_settings.rs
@@ -629,42 +629,6 @@ fn atomic_write_survives_a_crash_mid_write() {
     let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(d);
 }
 
-/// A writer that is paused mid-temporary while another writer fully publishes to the same
-/// destination must not let either one publish a mixture: the bounded, exclusively-created
-/// temporaries keep the two writes apart (#1233). Unlike
-/// `concurrent_atomic_writes_each_publish_a_whole_file`, this pins the interleaving
-/// deterministically instead of sampling it under real contention.
-#[test]
-fn atomic_writes_in_parallel_never_publish_a_mixture() {
-    use std::sync::{Arc, Barrier};
-    let d = tmp("atomic-race");
-    let f = d.join("p.ecproj");
-    let a = vec![b'A'; 64];
-    let b = vec![b'B'; 64];
-    // Writer A writes the first half of its temporary, then waits while writer B fully publishes
-    // against the same destination, and only then finishes.
-    let (half, published) = (Arc::new(Barrier::new(2)), Arc::new(Barrier::new(2)));
-    let (f2, a2) = (f.clone(), a.clone());
-    let (half2, published2) = (half.clone(), published.clone());
-    let t = std::thread::spawn(move || {
-        atomic_write_with(&f2, &a2, |fh, data| {
-            use std::io::Write;
-            fh.write_all(&data[..32])?;
-            half2.wait();
-            published2.wait();
-            fh.write_all(&data[32..])?;
-            fh.sync_all()
-        })
-    });
-    half.wait();
-    atomic_write(&f, &b).unwrap();
-    published.wait();
-    assert!(t.join().unwrap().is_ok(), "the paused writer still publishes");
-    let got = std::fs::read(&f).unwrap();
-    assert!(got == a || got == b, "the destination holds one complete write, never a mixture: {}", String::from_utf8_lossy(&got));
-    let _ = std::fs::remove_dir_all(d);
-}
-
 #[test]
 fn autosave_rotates_through_max_versions() {
     let d = tmp("rotate");