diff --git a/cmd/image-builder/main_test.go b/cmd/image-builder/main_test.go
index fcc8bad..ec745c3 100644
--- a/cmd/image-builder/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/image-builder/main_test.go
@@ -102,18 +102,6 @@ func TestBadCmdErrorsNoExtraCobraNoise(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, "", fakeStderr.String())
 }
 
-func TestListImagesOverrideDatadir(t *testing.T) {
-	restore := main.MockOsArgs([]string{"--datadir=/this/path/does/not/exist", "list-images"})
-	defer restore()
-
-	var fakeStdout bytes.Buffer
-	restore = main.MockOsStdout(&fakeStdout)
-	defer restore()
-
-	err := main.Run()
-	assert.EqualError(t, err, `no repositories found in the given paths: [/this/path/does/not/exist]`)
-}
-
 func TestListImagesErrorsOnExtraArgs(t *testing.T) {
 	restore := main.MockNewRepoRegistry(testrepos.New)
 	defer restore()