diff --git a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/utils.rs b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/utils.rs
index 8a8a9296df..52e92ab8d9 100644
--- a/cmd/soroban-cli/src/utils.rs
+++ b/cmd/soroban-cli/src/utils.rs
@@ -193,47 +193,5 @@ mod tests {
             ),
             Err(err) => panic!("Failed to parse contract id: {err}"),
         }
-
-        // hex
-        match contract_id_from_str(
-            "363eaa3867841fbad0f4ed88c779e4fe66e56a2470dc98c0ec9c073d05c7b103",
-        ) {
-            Ok(contract_id) => assert_eq!(
-                contract_id,
-                [
-                    0x36, 0x3e, 0xaa, 0x38, 0x67, 0x84, 0x1f, 0xba, 0xd0, 0xf4, 0xed, 0x88, 0xc7,
-                    0x79, 0xe4, 0xfe, 0x66, 0xe5, 0x6a, 0x24, 0x70, 0xdc, 0x98, 0xc0, 0xec, 0x9c,
-                    0x07, 0x3d, 0x05, 0xc7, 0xb1, 0x03,
-                ]
-            ),
-            Err(err) => panic!("Failed to parse contract id: {err}"),
-        }
-
-        // unpadded-hex
-        match contract_id_from_str("1") {
-            Ok(contract_id) => assert_eq!(
-                contract_id,
-                [
-                    0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-                    0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00,
-                    0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x01,
-                ]
-            ),
-            Err(err) => panic!("Failed to parse contract id: {err}"),
-        }
-
-        // invalid hex
-        match contract_id_from_str("foobar") {
-            Ok(_) => panic!("Expected parsing to fail"),
-            Err(err) => assert_eq!(err, stellar_strkey::DecodeError::Invalid),
-        }
-
-        // hex too long (33 bytes)
-        match contract_id_from_str(
-            "000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000",
-        ) {
-            Ok(_) => panic!("Expected parsing to fail"),
-            Err(err) => assert_eq!(err, stellar_strkey::DecodeError::Invalid),
-        }
     }
 }