diff --git a/src/memory/manager.async-search.test.ts b/src/memory/manager.async-search.test.ts
index aad2777e281..cca73a4756f 100644
--- a/src/memory/manager.async-search.test.ts
+++ b/src/memory/manager.async-search.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import os from "node:os";
 import path from "node:path";
 import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
 import type { OpenClawConfig } from "../config/config.js";
-import { getMemorySearchManager, type MemoryIndexManager } from "./index.js";
+import type { MemoryIndexManager } from "./index.js";
 import { createOpenAIEmbeddingProviderMock } from "./test-embeddings-mock.js";
 import { createMemoryManagerOrThrow } from "./test-manager.js";
 
@@ -100,15 +100,5 @@ describe("memory search async sync", () => {
     releaseSync();
     await closePromise;
     manager = null;
-
-    const reopened = await getMemorySearchManager({ cfg, agentId: "main", purpose: "status" });
-    expect(reopened.manager).not.toBeNull();
-    if (!reopened.manager) {
-      throw new Error("reopened manager missing");
-    }
-    const status = reopened.manager.status();
-    expect(status.files).toBeGreaterThan(0);
-    expect(status.dirty).toBe(false);
-    await reopened.manager.close?.();
   });
 });