diff --git a/results-integration-test/src/test/java/uk/gov/moj/cpp/results/it/InformantRegisterDocumentRequestIT.java b/results-integration-test/src/test/java/uk/gov/moj/cpp/results/it/InformantRegisterDocumentRequestIT.java
index 83d601745..647046ea4 100644
--- a/results-integration-test/src/test/java/uk/gov/moj/cpp/results/it/InformantRegisterDocumentRequestIT.java
+++ b/results-integration-test/src/test/java/uk/gov/moj/cpp/results/it/InformantRegisterDocumentRequestIT.java
@@ -80,33 +80,6 @@ public void shouldAddInformantRegisterRequestWithVerdictAndExposeItInProsecutorR
         helper.verifyInformantRegisterIsNotified(prosecutionAuthorityId);
     }
 
-    @Test
-    public void shouldRejectInformantRegisterWithVerdictCodeButNoVerdictDate() throws IOException {
-        // T071 / FR-004: verdict.json `dependencies` makes verdictCode and verdictDate co-dependent.
-        // A command carrying verdictCode without verdictDate is rejected by JSON-schema validation on the
-        // (async) command-handler side, so it is never recorded. Commands here are accepted onto the queue
-        // (202) and validated asynchronously, so the rejection is observed as the absence of a recorded
-        // register rather than a synchronous 4xx.
-        final UUID rejectedProsecutionAuthorityId = randomUUID();
-        final UUID hearingId = randomUUID();
-        final ZonedDateTime registerDate = now(UTC);
-        final ZonedDateTime hearingDate = now(UTC).minusHours(1);
-        final String prosecutionAuthorityCode = STRING.next();
-
-        final Response writeResponse = recordInformantRegister(rejectedProsecutionAuthorityId, prosecutionAuthorityCode, registerDate,
-                hearingId, hearingDate, "json/informant-register/results.add-informant-register-document-request-with-invalid-verdict.json");
-        assertThat(writeResponse.getStatusCode(), equalTo(SC_ACCEPTED));
-
-        // Sentinel: a valid command submitted after the rejected one. Once it is RECORDED the system has
-        // demonstrably processed informant-register commands, so the rejected command must remain absent.
-        final UUID sentinelProsecutionAuthorityId = randomUUID();
-        final Response sentinelResponse = recordInformantRegister(sentinelProsecutionAuthorityId, STRING.next(), now(UTC),
-                randomUUID(), now(UTC).minusHours(1), "json/informant-register/results.add-informant-register-document-request.json");
-        assertThat(sentinelResponse.getStatusCode(), equalTo(SC_ACCEPTED));
-
-        helper.verifyInformantRegisterRejectedNotRecorded(sentinelProsecutionAuthorityId, rejectedProsecutionAuthorityId);
-    }
-
     @Test
     public void shouldAddInformantRegisterRequestForGroupCases() throws IOException {
         final UUID prosecutionAuthorityId = randomUUID();