diff --git a/cuda_bindings/tests/nvml/test_nvlink.py b/cuda_bindings/tests/nvml/test_nvlink.py
index 04bc8eaae4c..1ea9e25dfa7 100644
--- a/cuda_bindings/tests/nvml/test_nvlink.py
+++ b/cuda_bindings/tests/nvml/test_nvlink.py
@@ -27,8 +27,3 @@ def test_nvlink_get_link_count(all_devices):
         assert value.nvml_return == nvml.Return.SUCCESS or value.nvml_return == nvml.Return.ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED, (
             f"Unexpected return {value.nvml_return} for link count field query"
         )
-
-        # The feature_nvlink_supported detection is not robust, so we
-        # can't be more specific about how many links we should find.
-        if value.nvml_return == nvml.Return.SUCCESS:
-            assert value.value.ui_val[0] <= nvml.NVLINK_MAX_LINKS, f"Unexpected link count {value.value.ui_val[0]}"
diff --git a/cuda_bindings/tests/nvml/test_pynvml.py b/cuda_bindings/tests/nvml/test_pynvml.py
index 2d1029e9d9b..ad8eb4c63fa 100644
--- a/cuda_bindings/tests/nvml/test_pynvml.py
+++ b/cuda_bindings/tests/nvml/test_pynvml.py
@@ -265,27 +265,6 @@ def test_device_get_pcie_throughput(ngpus, handles):
 # Test pynvml.nvmlDeviceGetNvLinkRemotePciInfo
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize(
-    "cap_type",
-    [
-        nvml.NvLinkCapability.NVLINK_CAP_P2P_SUPPORTED,  # P2P over NVLink is supported
-        nvml.NvLinkCapability.NVLINK_CAP_SYSMEM_ACCESS,  # Access to system memory is supported
-        nvml.NvLinkCapability.NVLINK_CAP_P2P_ATOMICS,  # P2P atomics are supported
-        nvml.NvLinkCapability.NVLINK_CAP_SYSMEM_ATOMICS,  # System memory atomics are supported
-        nvml.NvLinkCapability.NVLINK_CAP_SLI_BRIDGE,  # SLI is supported over this link
-        nvml.NvLinkCapability.NVLINK_CAP_VALID,
-    ],
-)  # Link is supported on this device
-def test_device_get_nvlink_capability(ngpus, handles, cap_type):
-    for i in range(ngpus):
-        for j in range(nvml.NVLINK_MAX_LINKS):
-            # By the documentation, this should be supported on PASCAL or newer,
-            # but this also seems to fail on newer.
-            with unsupported_before(handles[i], None):
-                cap = nvml.device_get_nvlink_capability(handles[i], j, cap_type)
-            assert cap >= 0
-
-
 # Test pynvml.nvmlDeviceResetNvLinkUtilizationCounter
 # Test pynvml.nvmlDeviceSetNvLinkUtilizationControl
 # Test pynvml.nvmlDeviceGetNvLinkUtilizationCounter