diff --git a/tests/serverIdentity.test.ts b/tests/serverIdentity.test.ts
index 1530f98bb..5ed2f0949 100644
--- a/tests/serverIdentity.test.ts
+++ b/tests/serverIdentity.test.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,11 @@
 import { readFile } from "node:fs/promises";
 
-import { Client, InMemoryTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/client";
 import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 
-import { BinarySession } from "../src/application/BinarySession.js";
 import { CATALOG_IDENTITY, CLI_COMMAND_NAMES } from "../src/catalogIdentity.js";
 import { PACKAGE_METADATA } from "../src/generatedPackageMetadata.js";
 import { PRODUCT_IDENTITY, SDK_IDENTITY } from "../src/identity.js";
-import { createServer } from "../src/server/createServer.js";
 import { createServerIdentity } from "../src/serverIdentity.js";
-import { observed } from "./fixtures/analysisExecution.js";
 import { buildCapabilityInventory } from "../src/application/CapabilityInventory.js";
 
 describe("server and catalog identity", () => {
@@ -124,75 +120,4 @@ describe("server and catalog identity", () => {
     );
   });
 
-  it("exposes live identity, labeled inventories, availability, and list changes", async () => {
-    const session = new BinarySession(() => ({
-      health: () => Promise.resolve(),
-      execute: () => Promise.resolve(observed(null)),
-      close: () => Promise.resolve(),
-    }));
-    const server = createServer(session, session);
-    const client = new Client({ name: "identity-test", version: "9" });
-    const [clientTransport, serverTransport] =
-      InMemoryTransport.createLinkedPair();
-    let toolListChanges = 0;
-    client.setNotificationHandler("notifications/tools/list_changed", () => {
-      toolListChanges += 1;
-    });
-    try {
-      await server.connect(serverTransport);
-      await client.connect(clientTransport);
-      const resource = await client.readResource({
-        uri: "rea://server/identity",
-      });
-      const content = resource.contents[0];
-      expect(content).toBeDefined();
-      if (content === undefined || !("text" in content)) return;
-      const live = JSON.parse(content.text);
-      expect(live).toMatchObject({
-        package: { version: PRODUCT_IDENTITY.packageVersion },
-        server: { version: PRODUCT_IDENTITY.packageVersion },
-        sdk: { server: "2.0.0-beta.4", client_test: "2.0.0-beta.4" },
-        client: { name: "identity-test", version: "9" },
-        alignment: { state: "unknown" },
-      });
-      const status = await client.callTool({
-        name: "binary_session",
-        arguments: { expected_package_version: "1.2.0" },
-      });
-      expect(status.structuredContent).toMatchObject({
-        result: {
-          server_identity: {
-            catalog: { counts: { mcp_tools: 68, cli_commands: 28 } },
-            alignment: { state: "mcp_server_restart_required" },
-          },
-          tool_availability: expect.arrayContaining([
-            expect.objectContaining({
-              name: "current_address",
-              available: false,
-              reason: "target_required",
-            }),
-            expect.objectContaining({
-              name: "capture_process_scenario",
-              available: false,
-              reason: "policy_disabled",
-            }),
-          ]),
-          client_features: {
-            elicitation_form: false,
-            elicitation_url: false,
-            roots: false,
-            sampling: false,
-          },
-        },
-      });
-      await client.callTool({ name: "close_binary", arguments: {} });
-      await expect.poll(() => toolListChanges).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-    } finally {
-      await Promise.allSettled([
-        client.close(),
-        server.close(),
-        session.close(),
-      ]);
-    }
-  });
 });