diff --git a/unified_planning/test/test_anytime.py b/unified_planning/test/test_anytime.py
index c9b80ff98..244793d2a 100644
--- a/unified_planning/test/test_anytime.py
+++ b/unified_planning/test/test_anytime.py
@@ -81,49 +81,3 @@ def test_counters_modified(self):
                 len(solutions[0].plan.actions), len(solutions[1].plan.actions)
             )
             # this will most likely error if you somehow got here
-
-    @skipIfNoAnytimePlannerForProblemKind(
-        simple_numeric_kind.union(quality_metrics_kind),
-        up.engines.AnytimeGuarantee.INCREASING_QUALITY,
-    )
-    def test_counters_small(self):
-        reader = PDDLReader()
-        domain_filename = os.path.join(PDDL_DOMAINS_PATH, "counters", "domain.pddl")
-        problem_filename = os.path.join(PDDL_DOMAINS_PATH, "counters", "problem.pddl")
-        # using the modified problem3 to save time
-        problem = reader.parse_problem(domain_filename, problem_filename)
-        problem.add_quality_metric(MinimizeSequentialPlanLength())
-
-        with AnytimePlanner(
-            problem_kind=problem.kind, anytime_guarantee="INCREASING_QUALITY"
-        ) as planner:
-            self.assertTrue(planner.is_anytime_planner())
-            solutions = []
-            for p in planner.get_solutions(problem):
-                self.assertTrue(p.plan is not None)
-                solutions.append(p)
-                if len(solutions) == 2:
-                    break
-
-        self.assertEqual(len(solutions), 2)
-        if solutions[1].status == PlanGenerationResultStatus.INTERMEDIATE:
-            self.assertGreater(
-                len(solutions[0].plan.actions), len(solutions[1].plan.actions)
-            )
-        elif solutions[1].status == PlanGenerationResultStatus.SOLVED_SATISFICING:
-            self.assertEqual(
-                len(solutions[0].plan.actions), len(solutions[1].plan.actions)
-            )
-        elif solutions[1].status == PlanGenerationResultStatus.INTERNAL_ERROR:
-            print("this sometimes happens with large problems")
-            print(solutions)
-            self.assertGreater(
-                len(solutions[0].plan.actions), len(solutions[1].plan.actions)
-            )
-            # this will most likely error if you somehow got here
-        else:
-            print(solutions)
-            self.assertGreater(
-                len(solutions[0].plan.actions), len(solutions[1].plan.actions)
-            )
-            # this will most likely error if you somehow got here