diff --git a/tests/tracing/test_misc.py b/tests/tracing/test_misc.py
index 0a62a5e0a0..4fb881c9da 100644
--- a/tests/tracing/test_misc.py
+++ b/tests/tracing/test_misc.py
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-import gc
-import os
-import uuid
 from unittest import mock
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
@@ -263,122 +260,6 @@ def test_finds_non_orphan_span_on_scope_span_streaming(sentry_init):
     assert scope._span.name == "sniffing"
 
 
-def test_circular_references(monkeypatch, sentry_init, request):
-    # TODO: We discovered while writing this test about transaction/span
-    # reference cycles that there's actually also a circular reference in
-    # `serializer.py`, between the functions `_serialize_node` and
-    # `_serialize_node_impl`, both of which are defined inside of the main
-    # `serialize` function, and each of which calls the other one. For now, in
-    # order to avoid having those ref cycles give us a false positive here, we
-    # can mock out `serialize`. In the long run, though, we should probably fix
-    # that. (Whenever we do work on fixing it, it may be useful to add
-    #
-    #     gc.set_debug(gc.DEBUG_LEAK)
-    #     request.addfinalizer(lambda: gc.set_debug(~gc.DEBUG_LEAK))
-    #
-    # immediately after the initial collection below, so we can see what new
-    # objects the garbage collector has to clean up once `transaction.finish` is
-    # called and the serializer runs.)
-    monkeypatch.setattr(
-        sentry_sdk.client,
-        "serialize",
-        mock.Mock(
-            return_value=None,
-        ),
-    )
-
-    # In certain versions of python, in some environments (specifically, python
-    # 3.4 when run in GH Actions), we run into a `ctypes` bug which creates
-    # circular references when `uuid4()` is called, as happens when we're
-    # generating event ids. Mocking it with an implementation which doesn't use
-    # the `ctypes` function lets us avoid having false positives when garbage
-    # collecting. See https://bugs.python.org/issue20519.
-    monkeypatch.setattr(
-        uuid,
-        "uuid4",
-        mock.Mock(
-            return_value=uuid.UUID(bytes=os.urandom(16)),
-        ),
-    )
-
-    gc.disable()
-    request.addfinalizer(gc.enable)
-
-    sentry_init(traces_sample_rate=1.0)
-
-    # Make sure that we're starting with a clean slate before we start creating
-    # transaction/span reference cycles
-    gc.collect()
-
-    dogpark_transaction = start_transaction(name="dogpark")
-    sniffing_span = dogpark_transaction.start_child(op="sniffing")
-    wagging_span = dogpark_transaction.start_child(op="wagging")
-
-    # At some point, you have to stop sniffing - there are balls to chase! - so finish
-    # this span while the dogpark transaction is still open
-    sniffing_span.finish()
-
-    # The wagging, however, continues long past the dogpark, so that span will
-    # NOT finish before the transaction ends. (Doing it in this order proves
-    # that both finished and unfinished spans get their cycles broken.)
-    dogpark_transaction.finish()
-
-    # Eventually you gotta sleep...
-    wagging_span.finish()
-
-    # assuming there are no cycles by this point, these should all be able to go
-    # out of scope and get their memory deallocated without the garbage
-    # collector having anything to do
-    del sniffing_span
-    del wagging_span
-    del dogpark_transaction
-
-    assert gc.collect() == 0
-
-
-def test_circular_references_span_streaming(monkeypatch, sentry_init, request):
-    gc.disable()
-    request.addfinalizer(gc.enable)
-
-    sentry_init(
-        traces_sample_rate=1.0,
-        trace_lifecycle="stream",
-    )
-
-    # Make sure that we're starting with a clean slate before we start creating
-    # transaction/span reference cycles
-    gc.collect()
-
-    dogpark_segment = sentry_sdk.traces.start_span(name="dogpark")
-    sniffing_span = sentry_sdk.traces.start_span(
-        name="sniffing", parent_span=dogpark_segment
-    )
-    wagging_span = sentry_sdk.traces.start_span(
-        name="wagging", parent_span=dogpark_segment
-    )
-
-    # At some point, you have to stop sniffing - there are balls to chase! - so finish
-    # this span while the dogpark transaction is still open
-    sniffing_span.end()
-
-    # The wagging, however, continues long past the dogpark, so that span will
-    # NOT finish before the transaction ends. (Doing it in this order proves
-    # that both finished and unfinished spans get their cycles broken.)
-    dogpark_segment.end()
-
-    # Eventually you gotta sleep...
-    wagging_span.end()
-
-    # assuming there are no cycles by this point, these should all be able to go
-    # out of scope and get their memory deallocated without the garbage
-    # collector having anything to do
-    del sniffing_span
-    del wagging_span
-    del dogpark_segment
-
-    assert gc.collect() == 0
-
-
 def test_set_measurement(sentry_init, capture_events):
     sentry_init(traces_sample_rate=1.0)