diff --git a/pkg/proxy/winkernel/proxier_test.go b/pkg/proxy/winkernel/proxier_test.go
index 50070fba369..d6a2a31e2c3 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/winkernel/proxier_test.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/winkernel/proxier_test.go
@@ -1524,74 +1524,6 @@ func TestWinDSRWithOverlayEnabled(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestDSRFeatureGateValidation(t *testing.T) {
-	testCases := []struct {
-		name          string
-		enableDSR     bool
-		featureGate   bool
-		expectFailure bool
-	}{
-		{
-			name:          "DSR enabled but feature gate disabled",
-			enableDSR:     true,
-			featureGate:   false,
-			expectFailure: true,
-		},
-		{
-			name:          "DSR enabled and feature gate enabled",
-			enableDSR:     true,
-			featureGate:   true,
-			expectFailure: false,
-		},
-		{
-			name:          "DSR disabled, feature gate does not matter",
-			enableDSR:     false,
-			featureGate:   false,
-			expectFailure: false,
-		},
-	}
-
-	for _, tc := range testCases {
-		t.Run(tc.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			// Mock feature gate
-			featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest(t, utilfeature.DefaultFeatureGate, kubefeatures.WinDSR, tc.featureGate)
-
-			config := config.KubeProxyWinkernelConfiguration{
-				EnableDSR:   tc.enableDSR,
-				NetworkName: testNetwork,
-				SourceVip:   serviceVip,
-			}
-
-			hostMacProvider := &testHostMacProvider{macAddress: macAddress}
-
-			hcnMock := getHcnMock(NETWORK_TYPE_OVERLAY)
-
-			_, err := newProxierInternal(
-				v1.IPv4Protocol,                       // ipFamily
-				testNodeName,                          // nodeName
-				netutils.ParseIPSloppy("192.168.1.1"), // nodeIP
-				nil,                                   // serviceHealthServer (not needed in this unit test)
-				nil,                                   // healthzServer (not needed in this unit test)
-				0,                                     // healthzPort
-				hcnMock,                               // hcnImpl
-				hostMacProvider,                       // hostMacProvider
-				config,                                // kube-proxy config
-				false,                                 // waitForHNSOverlay
-			)
-
-			if tc.expectFailure {
-				if err == nil {
-					t.Errorf("Expected failure for case %q, but got success", tc.name)
-				}
-			} else {
-				if err != nil {
-					t.Errorf("Expected success for case %q, but got error: %v", tc.name, err)
-				}
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 func makeNSN(namespace, name string) types.NamespacedName {
 	return types.NamespacedName{Namespace: namespace, Name: name}
 }