diff --git a/test/compile-test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/compile-test/CMakeLists.txt
index b7126248..4e90fb1f 100644
--- a/test/compile-test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/compile-test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -63,9 +63,6 @@ expect_compile_error("fmt::MemoryWriter() << fmt::pad(42, 5, L' ');")
 # Formatting a wide character with a narrow format string is forbidden.
 expect_compile_error("fmt::format(\"{}\", L'a';")
 
-expect_compile("FMT_STATIC_ASSERT(true, \"this should never happen\");")
-expect_compile_error("FMT_STATIC_ASSERT(0 > 1, \"oops\");")
-
 # Make sure that compiler features detected in the header
 # match the features detected in CMake.
 if (SUPPORTS_USER_DEFINED_LITERALS)