diff --git a/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/ExoPlayerTest.java b/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/ExoPlayerTest.java
index 944af0a284..31beddba0f 100644
--- a/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/ExoPlayerTest.java
+++ b/libraries/exoplayer/src/test/java/androidx/media3/exoplayer/ExoPlayerTest.java
@@ -16231,14 +16231,6 @@ public class ExoPlayerTest {
     assertThat(metadataAfterTransition.title.toString()).isEqualTo("title");
   }
 
-  @Test
-  public void setVideoEffects_failsWithoutLibEffectsDep() {
-    ExoPlayer player = parameterizeTestExoPlayerBuilder(new TestExoPlayerBuilder(context)).build();
-    IllegalStateException expected =
-        assertThrows(IllegalStateException.class, () -> player.setVideoEffects(ImmutableList.of()));
-    assertThat(expected).hasMessageThat().contains("lib-effect dependencies");
-  }
-
   @Test
   public void setPriority_blocksOtherLowPriorityTasksInPriorityTaskManager() throws Exception {
     PriorityTaskManager priorityTaskManager = new PriorityTaskManager();