diff --git a/.ci/atime/tests.R b/.ci/atime/tests.R
index f8b7dc7445..573ec2b8a5 100644
--- a/.ci/atime/tests.R
+++ b/.ci/atime/tests.R
@@ -98,19 +98,5 @@ test.list <- atime::atime_test_list(
       paste0('useDynLib(', new.Package_))
   },
 
-  # Test case created directly using the atime code below (not adapted from any other benchmark), based on the issue/fix PR https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/pull/5054#issue-930603663 "melt should be more efficient when there are missing input columns."
-  "melt improved in #5054" = atime::atime_test(
-    setup = {
-      DT <- as.data.table(as.list(1:N))
-      measure.vars <- lapply(1:N, function(i) {
-        x = rep(NA, N)
-        x[i] = i
-        x
-      })  
-    },
-    expr = data.table:::melt(DT, measure.vars = measure.vars),
-    Slow = "fd24a3105953f7785ea7414678ed8e04524e6955", # Parent of the merge commit (https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/commit/ed72e398df76a0fcfd134a4ad92356690e4210ea) of the PR (https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/pull/5054) that fixes the issue
-    Fast = "ed72e398df76a0fcfd134a4ad92356690e4210ea"), # Merge commit of the PR (https://github.com/Rdatatable/data.table/pull/5054) that fixes the issue
-
   tests=extra.test.list)
 # nolint end: undesirable_operator_linter.