diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tc-tests/actions/tunnel_key.json b/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tc-tests/actions/tunnel_key.json
index 10b2d894e43628bb1f8e330448539dffbbb16b32..af5e99d27229655f3794283ac74ed0ae6d9ea6f6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tc-tests/actions/tunnel_key.json
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/tc-testing/tc-tests/actions/tunnel_key.json
@@ -81,35 +81,6 @@
 	    ]
         ]
     },
-    {
-        "id": "ba4e",
-        "name": "Add tunnel_key set action with missing mandatory id parameter",
-        "category": [
-            "actions",
-            "tunnel_key"
-        ],
-        "setup": [
-            [
-                "$TC actions flush action tunnel_key",
-                0,
-                1,
-                255
-            ]
-        ],
-        "cmdUnderTest": "$TC actions add action tunnel_key set src_ip 10.10.10.1 dst_ip 20.20.20.2",
-        "expExitCode": "255",
-        "verifyCmd": "$TC actions list action tunnel_key",
-        "matchPattern": "action order [0-9]+: tunnel_key set.*src_ip 10.10.10.1.*dst_ip 20.20.20.2",
-        "matchCount": "0",
-        "teardown": [
-	    [
-		"$TC actions flush action tunnel_key",
-		0,
-		1,
-		255
-	    ]
-        ]
-    },
     {
         "id": "a5e0",
         "name": "Add tunnel_key set action with invalid src_ip parameter",