diff --git a/tests/stale_index_query.test.ts b/tests/stale_index_query.test.ts
index 6a4668e0..1a0c780c 100644
--- a/tests/stale_index_query.test.ts
+++ b/tests/stale_index_query.test.ts
@@ -19,29 +19,9 @@ type Fixture = {
     match: string;
     expected_ids: string[];
   };
-  sample_text: {
-    text: string;
-    baseline_embedding: number[];
-    min_cosine_similarity: number;
-  };
   chunks: FixtureChunk[];
 };
 
-function cosineSimilarity(a: number[], b: number[]): number {
-  if (a.length !== b.length) {
-    throw new Error(`Embedding length mismatch: ${a.length} vs ${b.length}`);
-  }
-  let dot = 0;
-  let normA = 0;
-  let normB = 0;
-  for (let i = 0; i < a.length; i++) {
-    dot += a[i] * b[i];
-    normA += a[i] * a[i];
-    normB += b[i] * b[i];
-  }
-  return dot / (Math.sqrt(normA) * Math.sqrt(normB));
-}
-
 function runCommand(cmd: string[], cwd: string): string {
   const proc = Bun.spawnSync(cmd, {
     cwd,
@@ -57,7 +37,7 @@ function runCommand(cmd: string[], cwd: string): string {
   return proc.stdout.toString();
 }
 
-test("stale index fixture preserves FTS order and embedding baseline", () => {
+test("stale index fixture preserves FTS order", () => {
   const repoRoot = process.cwd();
   const fixturePath = join(repoRoot, "tests", "fixtures", "stale_index_query.json");
   const fixture = JSON.parse(readFileSync(fixturePath, "utf8")) as Fixture;
@@ -109,24 +89,6 @@ test("stale index fixture preserves FTS order and embedding baseline", () => {
     );
     const rankedRows = JSON.parse(queryJson) as Array<{ chunk_id: string }>;
     expect(rankedRows.map((row) => row.chunk_id)).toEqual(fixture.query.expected_ids);
-
-    const liveEmbeddingJson = runCommand(
-      [
-        "uv",
-        "run",
-        "python3",
-        "-c",
-        [
-          "import json",
-          "from brainlayer.embeddings import get_embedding_model",
-          `print(json.dumps(get_embedding_model().embed_query(${JSON.stringify(fixture.sample_text.text)})))`,
-        ].join("; "),
-      ],
-      repoRoot,
-    );
-    const liveEmbedding = JSON.parse(liveEmbeddingJson) as number[];
-    const cosine = cosineSimilarity(liveEmbedding, fixture.sample_text.baseline_embedding);
-    expect(cosine).toBeGreaterThan(fixture.sample_text.min_cosine_similarity);
   } finally {
     db.close();
     rmSync(tmpRoot, { force: true, recursive: true });