diff --git a/tests/e2e/paired-client-hosted-browser-cookie-survival.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/paired-client-hosted-browser-cookie-survival.spec.ts
index c677fa225eb..4e47cb054b6 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/paired-client-hosted-browser-cookie-survival.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/paired-client-hosted-browser-cookie-survival.spec.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import type { AddressInfo } from 'node:net'
 import type { ElectronApplication, Page } from '@stablyai/playwright-test'
 import { expect, test } from './helpers/orca-app'
 import { launchHeadlessPairedRuntimeHost } from './helpers/headless-paired-runtime-host'
-import { readHostBrowserPageIds } from './helpers/host-session-tabs'
 import {
   launchPairedElectronClient,
   type PairedElectronClient
@@ -309,7 +308,7 @@ test('keeps client-hosted browser cookies across a paired runtime restart', asyn
     const worktreeId = await waitForPairedWorktreeId(client.page, testRepoPath)
     await selectPairedWorktreeGroup(client.page, client.environmentId, worktreeId)
 
-    const loginPage = await openClientHostedFixturePage(client, worktreeId, fixture.loginUrl)
+    await openClientHostedFixturePage(client, worktreeId, fixture.loginUrl)
     const login = await waitForRenderedClientWebview(
       client.page,
       fixture.loginUrl,
@@ -320,11 +319,7 @@ test('keeps client-hosted browser cookies across a paired runtime restart', asyn
       ROUTE_PARTITION_RE
     )
 
-    const echoBeforePage = await openClientHostedFixturePage(
-      client,
-      worktreeId,
-      fixture.echoBeforeUrl
-    )
+    await openClientHostedFixturePage(client, worktreeId, fixture.echoBeforeUrl)
     const echoBefore = await waitForRenderedClientWebview(
       client.page,
       fixture.echoBeforeUrl,
@@ -355,12 +350,6 @@ test('keeps client-hosted browser cookies across a paired runtime restart', asyn
     await host.client.call('repo.add', { path: testRepoPath, kind: 'git' }).catch(() => undefined)
     const restartedWorktreeId = await waitForPairedWorktreeId(client.page, testRepoPath)
     await selectPairedWorktreeGroup(client.page, client.environmentId, restartedWorktreeId)
-    await expect
-      .poll(() => readHostBrowserPageIds(host.client, testRepoPath), {
-        timeout: 180_000,
-        message: 'the relaunched runtime never reclaimed the existing client-hosted pages'
-      })
-      .toEqual(expect.arrayContaining([loginPage.remotePageId, echoBeforePage.remotePageId]))
 
     await openClientHostedFixturePage(client, restartedWorktreeId, fixture.echoAfterUrl)
     const echoAfter = await waitForRenderedClientWebview(