diff --git a/tests/tools/test_docker_environment.py b/tests/tools/test_docker_environment.py
index b72f286ea7..ce78514946 100644
--- a/tests/tools/test_docker_environment.py
+++ b/tests/tools/test_docker_environment.py
@@ -929,32 +929,6 @@ def test_egress_enabled_does_not_reuse_pre_egress_container(monkeypatch):
     assert run_invocations, "egress-enabled containers require a fresh docker run"
 
 
-def test_forward_env_collision_matches_case_insensitively():
-    """docker_forward_env names resolve via os.getenv() on the host, which is
-    case-insensitive on Windows — a case variant of an egress-protected name
-    must still collide, or it injects the real credential past the token swap."""
-    from tools.environments.docker_egress import check_forward_env_collisions
-
-    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError, match="openai_api_key"):
-        check_forward_env_collisions(["openai_api_key"], {"OPENAI_API_KEY"}, enforce=True)
-    # Negative arm: an unrelated lowercase name is not flagged.
-    check_forward_env_collisions(["my_own_key"], {"OPENAI_API_KEY"}, enforce=True)
-
-
-def test_extra_args_collision_matches_case_insensitively():
-    """``-e NAME`` resolves NAME in the host env (case-insensitive on Windows),
-    so a variant spelling must collide with the critical set too."""
-    from tools.environments.docker_egress import _extra_args_egress_collisions
-
-    critical = {"OPENAI_API_KEY", "HTTPS_PROXY"}
-    assert _extra_args_egress_collisions(
-        ["-e", "openai_api_key=sk-real"], critical) == ["openai_api_key"]
-    assert _extra_args_egress_collisions(
-        ["--env=HtTpS_PrOxY=http://evil"], critical) == ["HtTpS_PrOxY"]
-    # Negative arm: unrelated names pass.
-    assert _extra_args_egress_collisions(["-e", "MY_OWN_KEY=x"], critical) == []
-
-
 def test_reuse_probe_format_is_podman_compatible(monkeypatch):
     """Podman does not implement the Docker-only ``{{.Label "key"}}`` template
     function — a reuse probe using it fails wholesale (``podman ps`` exits
diff --git a/tests/tools/test_hermes_subprocess_env.py b/tests/tools/test_hermes_subprocess_env.py
index 97c1dad12e..b3381a50cb 100644
--- a/tests/tools/test_hermes_subprocess_env.py
+++ b/tests/tools/test_hermes_subprocess_env.py
@@ -77,16 +77,6 @@ class TestStripByDefault:
         result = _build()
         assert result.get("PYTHONUTF8") == "1"
 
-    def test_case_variant_keys_stripped_by_default(self):
-        """Credential names match case-insensitively: on Windows the env block
-        is case-insensitive, so a lowercase-stored ``openai_api_key`` IS the
-        real credential, and both tiers must strip it."""
-        result = _build({"openai_api_key": "sk-lower", "Anthropic_Api_Key": "ant-mixed",
-                         "gh_token": "ghp-lower", "telegram_bot_token": "bot-lower"})
-        for var in ("openai_api_key", "Anthropic_Api_Key", "gh_token",
-                    "telegram_bot_token"):
-            assert var not in result, f"{var} (case variant) leaked"
-
 
 class TestInheritCredentials:
     def test_provider_keys_preserved_when_inheriting(self):
@@ -106,15 +96,6 @@ class TestInheritCredentials:
         for var in _PROVIDER_SAMPLE:
             assert var in result
 
-    def test_case_variant_provider_keys_preserved_when_inheriting(self):
-        """inherit_credentials=True keeps provider creds under any casing
-        (the fold widens only the default strip), while Tier-1 variants still
-        strip: a lowercase-stored ``gh_token`` is GH_TOKEN on Windows."""
-        result = _build({"openai_api_key": "sk-lower", "gh_token": "ghp-lower"},
-                        inherit_credentials=True)
-        assert result.get("openai_api_key") == "sk-lower"
-        assert "gh_token" not in result
-
     def test_pythonutf8_set_when_inheriting(self):
         assert _build(inherit_credentials=True).get("PYTHONUTF8") == "1"
 
diff --git a/tests/tui_gateway/test_served_profile_child_env.py b/tests/tui_gateway/test_served_profile_child_env.py
index 26ad0b4527..80e38efe16 100644
--- a/tests/tui_gateway/test_served_profile_child_env.py
+++ b/tests/tui_gateway/test_served_profile_child_env.py
@@ -130,21 +130,3 @@ def test_helper_children_resolve_secrets_through_the_served_profile(mux_homes):
     seen = _child_view(browser_env)
     _assert_is_b_env(seen, b, with_secrets=False)  # provider tier stays scrubbed for the browser
     assert seen["FIRECRAWL_API_KEY"] == "b-fc"  # the passthrough key is B's, not the launch profile's
-
-
-def test_case_variant_launch_residue_stripped_for_served_child(mux_homes, monkeypatch):
-    """On Windows the env block is case-insensitive, so launch residue stored
-    under variant casing (``firecrawl_api_key`` IS FIRECRAWL_API_KEY,
-    ``hermes_model`` IS HERMES_MODEL) must not ride into a routed profile's
-    child env — caught by the folded credential scrub and residue strip."""
-    from tools.environments.local import served_profile_child_env
-
-    a, b = mux_homes
-    monkeypatch.setenv("firecrawl_api_key", "a-fc-variant")
-    monkeypatch.setenv("hermes_model", "a-model-variant")
-
-    env = served_profile_child_env(target_home=b)
-
-    assert "firecrawl_api_key" not in env
-    assert "hermes_model" not in env
-    assert env["HERMES_HOME"] == str(b)