diff -u b/core/modules/update/tests/src/Functional/UpdateCoreTest.php b/core/modules/update/tests/src/Functional/UpdateCoreTest.php
--- b/core/modules/update/tests/src/Functional/UpdateCoreTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/update/tests/src/Functional/UpdateCoreTest.php
@@ -57,43 +57,6 @@
   }
 
   /**
-   * Checks that Drupal recovers after problems connecting to update server.
-   */
-  public function testBrokenThenFixedUpdates() {
-    $this->drupalLogin($this->drupalCreateUser([
-      'administer site configuration',
-      'access administration pages',
-    ]));
-    $this->setSystemInfo('8.0.0');
-    // Instead of using refreshUpdateStatus(), set these manually.
-    $this->config('update.settings')
-      ->set('fetch.url', Url::fromRoute('update_test.update_test')->setAbsolute()->toString())
-      ->save();
-    // Use update XML that has no information to simulate a broken response from
-    // the update server.
-    $this->config('update_test.settings')
-      ->set('xml_map', ['drupal' => 'broken'])
-      ->save();
-
-    // This will retrieve broken updates.
-    $this->cronRun();
-    $this->drupalGet('admin/reports/status');
-    $this->assertSession()->statusCodeEquals(200);
-    $this->assertSession()->pageTextContains('There was a problem checking available updates for Drupal.');
-    $this->config('update_test.settings')
-      ->set('xml_map', ['drupal' => 'sec.0.2'])
-      ->save();
-    // Simulate the update_available_releases state expiring before cron is run
-    // and the state is used by \Drupal\update\UpdateManager::getProjects().
-    \Drupal::keyValueExpirable('update_available_releases')->deleteAll();
-    // This cron run should retrieve fixed updates.
-    $this->cronRun();
-    $this->drupalGet('admin/structure');
-    $this->assertSession()->statusCodeEquals(200);
-    $this->assertSession()->pageTextContains('There is a security update available for your version of Drupal.');
-  }
-
-  /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
    */
   protected function setProjectInstalledVersion($version) {