diff --git a/tck/src/main/java/io/a2a/tck/server/AgentExecutorProducer.java b/tck/src/main/java/io/a2a/tck/server/AgentExecutorProducer.java
index 592546591..4f36e4e5b 100644
--- a/tck/src/main/java/io/a2a/tck/server/AgentExecutorProducer.java
+++ b/tck/src/main/java/io/a2a/tck/server/AgentExecutorProducer.java
@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ private static class FireAndForgetAgentExecutor implements AgentExecutor {
         public void execute(RequestContext context, EventQueue eventQueue) throws JSONRPCError {
             Task task = context.getTask();
 
-            if (context.getMessage().getTaskId() != null && task == null && context.getMessage().getTaskId().startsWith("non-existent")) {
-                throw new TaskNotFoundError();
-            }
-
             if (task == null) {
                 task = new Task.Builder()
                         .id(context.getTaskId())