diff --git a/pkg/tests/apis/provisioning/export_resources_test.go b/pkg/tests/apis/provisioning/export_resources_test.go
index 90318883a98..48763d01556 100644
--- a/pkg/tests/apis/provisioning/export_resources_test.go
+++ b/pkg/tests/apis/provisioning/export_resources_test.go
@@ -389,123 +389,4 @@ func TestIntegrationProvisioning_ExportSpecificResourcesWithFolderStructure(t *t
 	require.Equal(t, "test-v1", val)
 }
 
-func TestIntegrationProvisioning_ExportSpecificResourcesEmptyList(t *testing.T) {
-	testutil.SkipIntegrationTestInShortMode(t)
 
-	helper := runGrafana(t)
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	// Create repository with folder sync target (for empty resources test)
-	const repo = "export-empty-resources-test-repo"
-	testRepo := TestRepo{
-		Name:               repo,
-		Target:             "folder",
-		Copies:             map[string]string{},
-		ExpectedDashboards: 0,
-		ExpectedFolders:    0,
-	}
-	helper.CreateRepo(t, testRepo)
-
-	// Try to export with empty resources list (should fail validation with folder target)
-	// Empty resources list means the old API path (using Folder), which doesn't apply here
-	spec := provisioning.JobSpec{
-		Action: provisioning.JobActionPush,
-		Push: &provisioning.ExportJobOptions{
-			Resources: []provisioning.ResourceRef{},
-		},
-	}
-
-	// This should fail validation (empty resources triggers specific resource validation)
-	body := asJSON(spec)
-	result := helper.AdminREST.Post().
-		Namespace("default").
-		Resource("repositories").
-		Name(repo).
-		SubResource("jobs").
-		Body(body).
-		SetHeader("Content-Type", "application/json").
-		Do(ctx)
-
-	// Wait for job to complete and check it failed
-	obj, err := result.Get()
-	require.NoError(t, err, "job should be created")
-	unstruct, ok := obj.(*unstructured.Unstructured)
-	require.True(t, ok, "should get unstructured object")
-
-	// Wait for job to complete
-	job := helper.AwaitJob(t, ctx, unstruct)
-	lastState := mustNestedString(job.Object, "status", "state")
-	lastErrors := mustNestedStringSlice(job.Object, "status", "errors")
-
-	// Job should fail with error about empty resources
-	require.Equal(t, string(provisioning.JobStateError), lastState, "job should fail")
-	require.NotEmpty(t, lastErrors, "job should have errors")
-	require.Contains(t, lastErrors[0], "no resources specified", "error should mention no resources specified")
-}
-
-func TestIntegrationProvisioning_ExportSpecificResourcesRejectsInstanceTarget(t *testing.T) {
-	testutil.SkipIntegrationTestInShortMode(t)
-
-	helper := runGrafana(t)
-	ctx := context.Background()
-
-	// Create an unmanaged dashboard
-	dashboard := helper.LoadYAMLOrJSONFile("exportunifiedtorepository/dashboard-test-v1.yaml")
-	dashboardObj, err := helper.DashboardsV1.Resource.Create(ctx, dashboard, metav1.CreateOptions{})
-	require.NoError(t, err, "should be able to create dashboard")
-	dashboardName := dashboardObj.GetName()
-
-	// Create repository with INSTANCE sync target (should reject specific resource export)
-	const repo = "export-instance-target-reject-test-repo"
-	testRepo := TestRepo{
-		Name:                   repo,
-		Target:                 "instance", // Instance target should reject specific resource export
-		Copies:                 map[string]string{},
-		ExpectedDashboards:     0,
-		ExpectedFolders:        0,
-		SkipResourceAssertions: true,
-	}
-	helper.CreateRepo(t, testRepo)
-
-	// Try to export specific resource with instance target (should fail)
-	spec := provisioning.JobSpec{
-		Action: provisioning.JobActionPush,
-		Push: &provisioning.ExportJobOptions{
-			Resources: []provisioning.ResourceRef{
-				{
-					Name:  dashboardName,
-					Kind:  "Dashboard",
-					Group: "dashboard.grafana.app",
-				},
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	// This should fail with validation error about instance target
-	body := asJSON(spec)
-	result := helper.AdminREST.Post().
-		Namespace("default").
-		Resource("repositories").
-		Name(repo).
-		SubResource("jobs").
-		Body(body).
-		SetHeader("Content-Type", "application/json").
-		Do(ctx)
-
-	// Wait for job to complete and check it failed
-	obj, err := result.Get()
-	require.NoError(t, err, "job should be created")
-	unstruct, ok := obj.(*unstructured.Unstructured)
-	require.True(t, ok, "should get unstructured object")
-
-	// Wait for job to complete
-	job := helper.AwaitJob(t, ctx, unstruct)
-	lastState := mustNestedString(job.Object, "status", "state")
-	lastErrors := mustNestedStringSlice(job.Object, "status", "errors")
-
-	// Job should fail with error about instance target not supporting specific resources
-	require.Equal(t, string(provisioning.JobStateError), lastState, "job should fail")
-	require.NotEmpty(t, lastErrors, "job should have errors")
-	require.Contains(t, lastErrors[0], "folder sync targets", "error should mention folder sync targets required")
-	require.Contains(t, lastErrors[0], "instance", "error should mention instance target")
-}