diff --git a/sdk/python/tests/integration/offline_store/test_validation.py b/sdk/python/tests/integration/offline_store/test_validation.py
index 71303fd06b..8af227cdc3 100644
--- a/sdk/python/tests/integration/offline_store/test_validation.py
+++ b/sdk/python/tests/integration/offline_store/test_validation.py
@@ -323,12 +323,6 @@ def test_e2e_validation_via_cli(environment, universal_data_sources):
         assert p.returncode == 0, p.stderr.decode()
 
         # invalid tags should fail
-        p = runner.run(
-            ["tag", "project", store.project, "test?:wrong"],
-            cwd=local_repo.repo_path,
-        )
-        assert p.returncode == 1, p.stderr.decode()
-
         p = runner.run(
             ["tag", "saved-dataset", saved_dataset.name, "test?:wrong"],
             cwd=local_repo.repo_path,
@@ -365,12 +359,6 @@ def test_e2e_validation_via_cli(environment, universal_data_sources):
         )
         assert p.returncode == 0, p.stderr.decode()
 
-        p = runner.run(
-            ["tag", "project", store.project, "test:tag"],
-            cwd=local_repo.repo_path,
-        )
-        assert p.returncode == 0, p.stderr.decode()
-
         p = runner.run(
             ["tag", "validation-reference", reference.name, "test:tag"],
             cwd=local_repo.repo_path,
@@ -390,12 +378,6 @@ def test_e2e_validation_via_cli(environment, universal_data_sources):
         assert p.returncode == 0, p.stderr.decode()
 
         # tag removal should succeed
-        p = runner.run(
-            ["tag", "project", store.project, "test-"],
-            cwd=local_repo.repo_path,
-        )
-        assert p.returncode == 0, p.stderr.decode()
-
         p = runner.run(
             ["tag", "saved-dataset", saved_dataset.name, "test-"],
             cwd=local_repo.repo_path,