diff --git a/stdlib/tests/stdlib_tests.rs b/stdlib/tests/stdlib_tests.rs
index fd2c0d68..a86d759d 100644
--- a/stdlib/tests/stdlib_tests.rs
+++ b/stdlib/tests/stdlib_tests.rs
@@ -1153,14 +1153,5 @@ fn test_ai_generate_text() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn test_tar_dir_error_path() {
-    let temp_dir = std::env::temp_dir().join("techscript_tar_error_test");
-    std::fs::create_dir_all(&temp_dir).ok();
-
-    let dest_file = temp_dir.join("archive.tar");
-    let result =
-        techscript_stdlib::compress::tar_dir("/non/existent/path/for/sure", &dest_file.to_string_lossy());
-    assert!(result.is_err());
 
-    std::fs::remove_dir_all(&temp_dir).ok();
 }