diff --git a/apps/ethereum_jsonrpc/test/etheream_jsonrpc_test.exs b/apps/ethereum_jsonrpc/test/etheream_jsonrpc_test.exs
index f9586cb78b..25c7333dba 100644
--- a/apps/ethereum_jsonrpc/test/etheream_jsonrpc_test.exs
+++ b/apps/ethereum_jsonrpc/test/etheream_jsonrpc_test.exs
@@ -131,66 +131,4 @@ defmodule EthereumJSONRPCTest do
       )
     end
   end
-
-  describe "json_rpc/2" do
-    # regression test for https://github.com/poanetwork/poa-explorer/issues/254
-    test "transparently splits batch payloads that would trigger a 413 Request Entity Too Large", %{variant: variant} do
-      block_numbers = 0..13000
-
-      payload =
-        block_numbers
-        |> Stream.with_index()
-        |> Enum.map(&get_block_by_number_request/1)
-
-      assert_payload_too_large(payload, variant)
-
-      url = EthereumJSONRPC.config(:url)
-
-      log_bad_gateway(
-        fn -> EthereumJSONRPC.json_rpc(payload, url) end,
-        fn result ->
-          assert {:ok, responses} = result
-          assert Enum.count(responses) == Enum.count(block_numbers)
-
-          block_number_set = MapSet.new(block_numbers)
-
-          response_block_number_set =
-            Enum.into(responses, MapSet.new(), fn %{"result" => %{"number" => quantity}} ->
-              EthereumJSONRPC.quantity_to_integer(quantity)
-            end)
-
-          assert MapSet.equal?(response_block_number_set, block_number_set)
-        end
-      )
-    end
-  end
-
-  defp assert_payload_too_large(payload, variant) do
-    json = Jason.encode_to_iodata!(payload)
-    headers = [{"Content-Type", "application/json"}]
-    url = EthereumJSONRPC.config(:url)
-
-    assert {:ok, %HTTPoison.Response{body: body, status_code: 413}} =
-             HTTPoison.post(url, json, headers, EthereumJSONRPC.config(:http))
-
-    case variant do
-      EthereumJSONRPC.Geth ->
-        assert body =~ "content length too large"
-
-      EthereumJSONRPC.Parity ->
-        assert body =~ "413 Request Entity Too Large"
-
-      _ ->
-        raise ArgumentError, "Unsupported variant (#{variant})"
-    end
-  end
-
-  defp get_block_by_number_request({block_number, id}) do
-    %{
-      "id" => id,
-      "jsonrpc" => "2.0",
-      "method" => "eth_getBlockByNumber",
-      "params" => [EthereumJSONRPC.integer_to_quantity(block_number), true]
-    }
-  end
 end