diff --git a/src/components/button/button.test.ts b/src/components/button/button.test.ts
index 55d9030c3..8632eb233 100644
--- a/src/components/button/button.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/button/button.test.ts
@@ -183,22 +183,6 @@ describe('<wa-button>', () => {
           expect(el.shadowRoot!.querySelector('button')).not.to.exist;
         });
 
-        it('should render a link with rel="noreferrer noopener" when target is set and rel is not', async () => {
-          const el = await fixture<WaButton>(html`
-            <wa-button href="https://example.com/" target="_blank">Link</wa-button>
-          `);
-          const link = el.shadowRoot!.querySelector('a')!;
-          expect(link?.getAttribute('rel')).to.equal('noreferrer noopener');
-        });
-
-        it('should render a link with rel="" when a target is provided and rel is empty', async () => {
-          const el = await fixture<WaButton>(html`
-            <wa-button href="https://example.com/" target="_blank" rel="">Link</wa-button>
-          `);
-          const link = el.shadowRoot!.querySelector('a')!;
-          expect(link?.getAttribute('rel')).to.equal('');
-        });
-
         it(`should render a link with a custom rel when a custom rel is provided`, async () => {
           const el = await fixture<WaButton>(html`
             <wa-button href="https://example.com/" target="_blank" rel="1">Link</wa-button>