diff --git a/docker-tests/tests/docker_tests/test_prod_image.py b/docker-tests/tests/docker_tests/test_prod_image.py
index 0b72c0e03cf8f..3c4bf9528e8be 100644
--- a/docker-tests/tests/docker_tests/test_prod_image.py
+++ b/docker-tests/tests/docker_tests/test_prod_image.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def test_required_providers_are_installed(self, default_docker_image):
             image=default_docker_image,
         )
         if python_version.startswith("Python 3.13"):
-            packages_to_install.remove("apache-airflow-providers-fab")
+            packages_to_install.discard("apache-airflow-providers-fab")
         output = run_bash_in_docker(
             "airflow providers list --output json",
             image=default_docker_image,