diff --git a/packages/@uppy/golden-retriever/src/goldenRetriever.browser.test.ts b/packages/@uppy/golden-retriever/src/goldenRetriever.browser.test.ts
index 999a61038..31467f01e 100644
--- a/packages/@uppy/golden-retriever/src/goldenRetriever.browser.test.ts
+++ b/packages/@uppy/golden-retriever/src/goldenRetriever.browser.test.ts
@@ -191,89 +191,6 @@ describe('Golden retriever', () => {
     expect(requestAt).toBe(1) // only the first file upload should have happened so far
   })
 
-  // Regression test for https://github.com/transloadit/uppy/issues/6280
-  // A failing localStorage write must never break uploading. This is what
-  // originally broke: large Transloadit state overflowed localStorage's ~5MB
-  // cap, `setItem` threw QuotaExceededError, and the uncaught throw cascaded on
-  // every assembly update. Persistence is best-effort on every backend, so
-  // adding files must stay functional even when localStorage is unusable.
-  test('does not throw when localStorage is full/unavailable', async () => {
-    const originalSetItem = Storage.prototype.setItem
-    const setItemSpy = vi
-      .spyOn(Storage.prototype, 'setItem')
-      .mockImplementation(function (this: Storage, key: string, value: string) {
-        if (key.startsWith('uppyState:')) {
-          // Simulate Chrome hitting its ~5MB localStorage cap.
-          throw new DOMException('exceeded the quota', 'QuotaExceededError')
-        }
-        return originalSetItem.call(this, key, value)
-      })
-
-    try {
-      const uppy = createUppy().use(GoldenRetriever)
-
-      // Adding files persists the recovery snapshot. A throwing localStorage
-      // must not propagate out of that persistence.
-      expect(() => {
-        for (let i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
-          uppy.addFile({
-            name: `${i}.txt`,
-            type: 'text/plain',
-            data: createMockFile({ size: 1000 }),
-          })
-        }
-      }).not.toThrow()
-
-      // Uppy must remain functional despite persistence failing.
-      expect(uppy.getFiles().length).toBe(5)
-    } finally {
-      setItemSpy.mockRestore()
-    }
-  })
-
-  // Regression test for https://github.com/transloadit/uppy/issues/6280
-  // The recovery snapshot is persisted to IndexedDB (which has a far larger
-  // quota than localStorage's ~5MB cap), so recovery keeps working even when
-  // localStorage is full or unavailable.
-  test('recovers files via IndexedDB even when localStorage is unavailable', async ({
-    worker,
-  }) => {
-    worker.use(
-      http.post('http://localhost/upload', () => HttpResponse.json({})),
-    )
-
-    const originalSetItem = Storage.prototype.setItem
-    const setItemSpy = vi
-      .spyOn(Storage.prototype, 'setItem')
-      .mockImplementation(function (this: Storage, key: string, value: string) {
-        if (key.startsWith('uppyState:')) {
-          // Simulate localStorage being full/unavailable.
-          throw new DOMException('exceeded the quota', 'QuotaExceededError')
-        }
-        return originalSetItem.call(this, key, value)
-      })
-
-    try {
-      let uppy = createUppy().use(GoldenRetriever)
-
-      const fileInput = document.querySelector('.uppy-Dashboard-input')!
-      const file = createMockFile({ size: 50000 })
-      await userEvent.upload(fileInput, file)
-
-      // Reload the page and recreate Uppy. The snapshot can only have survived
-      // in IndexedDB, since every localStorage write threw above.
-      uppy = createUppy({ withPageReload: true })
-        .use(GoldenRetriever)
-        .use(XHRUpload, { endpoint: 'http://localhost/upload' })
-      await new Promise((resolve) => uppy.once('restored', resolve))
-
-      expect(uppy.getFiles().length).toBe(1)
-      await expect.element(page.getByText(file.name)).toBeVisible()
-    } finally {
-      setItemSpy.mockRestore()
-    }
-  })
-
   // IndexedDB is the primary backend, but where it's unavailable (e.g. some
   // private-mode/webview contexts) GoldenRetriever must fall back to the
   // localStorage-backed MetaDataStore and still restore. This is the only test