diff --git a/test/e2e/settings/tls.go b/test/e2e/settings/tls.go
index b3026aa8c..739e44490 100644
--- a/test/e2e/settings/tls.go
+++ b/test/e2e/settings/tls.go
@@ -84,28 +84,6 @@ var _ = framework.DescribeSetting("[SSL] TLS protocols, ciphers and headers)", f
 			assert.Equal(ginkgo.GinkgoT(), int(resp.TLS.Version), tls.VersionTLS12)
 			assert.Equal(ginkgo.GinkgoT(), resp.TLS.CipherSuite, tls.TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384)
 		})
-		ginkgo.It("enforcing TLS v1.0", func() {
-			f.SetNginxConfigMapData(map[string]string{
-				sslCiphers:   testCiphers,
-				sslProtocols: "TLSv1",
-			})
-
-			f.WaitForNginxConfiguration(
-				func(cfg string) bool {
-					return strings.Contains(cfg, "ssl_protocols TLSv1;")
-				})
-
-			resp := f.HTTPTestClientWithTLSConfig(tlsConfig).
-				GET("/").
-				WithURL(f.GetURL(framework.HTTPS)).
-				WithHeader("Host", host).
-				Expect().
-				Status(http.StatusOK).
-				Raw()
-
-			assert.Equal(ginkgo.GinkgoT(), int(resp.TLS.Version), tls.VersionTLS10)
-			assert.Equal(ginkgo.GinkgoT(), resp.TLS.CipherSuite, tls.TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA)
-		})
 	})
 
 	ginkgo.Context("should configure HSTS policy header", func() {