diff --git a/spring-kafka/src/test/java/org/springframework/kafka/support/micrometer/ObservationTests.java b/spring-kafka/src/test/java/org/springframework/kafka/support/micrometer/ObservationTests.java
index 1add6ab14d..c8cd57d9dc 100644
--- a/spring-kafka/src/test/java/org/springframework/kafka/support/micrometer/ObservationTests.java
+++ b/spring-kafka/src/test/java/org/springframework/kafka/support/micrometer/ObservationTests.java
@@ -90,14 +90,12 @@
  */
 @SpringJUnitConfig
 @EmbeddedKafka(topics = { "observation.testT1", "observation.testT2", "observation.testT3",
-		ObservationTests.OBSERVATION_RUNTIME_EXCEPTION, ObservationTests.OBSERVATION_ERROR})
+		ObservationTests.OBSERVATION_RUNTIME_EXCEPTION})
 @DirtiesContext
 public class ObservationTests {
 
 	public final static String OBSERVATION_RUNTIME_EXCEPTION = "observation.runtime-exception";
 
-	public final static String OBSERVATION_ERROR = "observation.error";
-
 	@Test
 	void endToEnd(@Autowired Listener listener, @Autowired KafkaTemplate<Integer, String> template,
 			@Autowired SimpleTracer tracer, @Autowired KafkaListenerEndpointRegistry rler,
@@ -256,27 +254,6 @@ void observationRuntimeException(@Autowired ExceptionListener listener, @Autowir
 				.hasMessage("obs4 run time exception");
 	}
 
-	@Test
-	void observationErrorException(@Autowired ExceptionListener listener, @Autowired SimpleTracer tracer,
-			@Autowired @Qualifier("throwableTemplate") KafkaTemplate<Integer, String> errorTemplate,
-			@Autowired KafkaListenerEndpointRegistry endpointRegistry)
-					throws ExecutionException, InterruptedException, TimeoutException {
-
-		errorTemplate.send(OBSERVATION_ERROR, "testError").get(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
-		assertThat(listener.latch5.await(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)).isTrue();
-		endpointRegistry.getListenerContainer("obs5").stop();
-
-		Deque<SimpleSpan> spans = tracer.getSpans();
-		assertThat(spans).hasSize(2);
-		SimpleSpan span = spans.poll();
-		assertThat(span.getTags().get("spring.kafka.template.name")).isEqualTo("throwableTemplate");
-		span = spans.poll();
-		assertThat(span.getTags().get("spring.kafka.listener.id")).isEqualTo("obs5-0");
-		assertThat(span.getError())
-				.isInstanceOf(Error.class)
-				.hasMessage("obs5 error");
-	}
-
 	@Configuration
 	@EnableKafka
 	public static class Config {
@@ -457,12 +434,6 @@ void listenRuntimeException(ConsumerRecord<Integer, String> in) {
 			throw new IllegalStateException("obs4 run time exception");
 		}
 
-		@KafkaListener(id = "obs5", topics = OBSERVATION_ERROR)
-		void listenError(ConsumerRecord<Integer, String> in) {
-			this.latch5.countDown();
-			throw new Error("obs5 error");
-		}
-
 	}
 
 }