diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Runtime/tests/System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe.Tests/UnsafeTests.cs b/src/libraries/System.Runtime/tests/System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe.Tests/UnsafeTests.cs
index b5bec7f9357f62..d74d4b96c25789 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Runtime/tests/System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe.Tests/UnsafeTests.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Runtime/tests/System.Runtime.CompilerServices.Unsafe.Tests/UnsafeTests.cs
@@ -449,14 +449,6 @@ public static void As()
             Assert.Equal("Hello", Unsafe.As<string>(o));
         }
 
-        [Fact]
-        public static void DangerousAs()
-        {
-            // Verify that As does not perform type checks
-            object o = new object();
-            Assert.IsType<object>(Unsafe.As<string>(o));
-        }
-
         [Fact]
         public static void ByteOffsetArray()
         {