diff --git a/apps/server/src/vcs/VcsProjectConfig.test.ts b/apps/server/src/vcs/VcsProjectConfig.test.ts
index 04f7fcffcda0d756734bb2fcbf11aa0cbab30896..88f48e9e8afac6a5d8c2b336ec84cc89b574f64c 100644
--- a/apps/server/src/vcs/VcsProjectConfig.test.ts
+++ b/apps/server/src/vcs/VcsProjectConfig.test.ts
@@ -14,22 +14,6 @@ const TestLayer = VcsProjectConfig.layer.pipe(
 );
 
 describe("VcsProjectConfig", () => {
-  it("keeps operation context and the original cause on config errors", () => {
-    const cause = new Error("permission denied");
-    const error = new VcsProjectConfig.VcsProjectConfigError({
-      operation: "read",
-      cwd: "/repo/packages/app",
-      configPath: "/repo/.t3code/vcs.json",
-      cause,
-    });
-
-    assert.equal(error.operation, "read");
-    assert.equal(error.cwd, "/repo/packages/app");
-    assert.equal(error.configPath, "/repo/.t3code/vcs.json");
-    assert.strictEqual(error.cause, cause);
-    assert.equal(error.message, "Failed to read VCS project config at /repo/.t3code/vcs.json.");
-  });
-
   it.layer(TestLayer)("uses an explicit requested VCS kind before config", (it) => {
     it.effect("returns the requested kind", () =>
       Effect.gen(function* () {