diff --git a/src/iceberg/test/CMakeLists.txt b/src/iceberg/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 21ccd4d66..8d7904c24 100644
--- a/src/iceberg/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/iceberg/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ add_iceberg_test(schema_test
 add_iceberg_test(table_test
                  SOURCES
                  json_internal_test.cc
-                 pending_update_test.cc
                  schema_json_test.cc
                  table_test.cc
                  table_metadata_builder_test.cc
diff --git a/src/iceberg/test/pending_update_test.cc b/src/iceberg/test/pending_update_test.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index bc26304f7..000000000
--- a/src/iceberg/test/pending_update_test.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,99 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
- * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
- * distributed with this work for additional information
- * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
- * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
- * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
- * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
- * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
- * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
- * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
- * specific language governing permissions and limitations
- * under the License.
- */
-
-#include "iceberg/pending_update.h"
-
-#include <gtest/gtest.h>
-
-#include "iceberg/result.h"
-#include "iceberg/test/matchers.h"
-
-namespace iceberg {
-
-// Mock implementation for testing the interface
-class MockSnapshot {};
-
-class MockPendingUpdate : public PendingUpdateTyped<MockSnapshot> {
- public:
-  MockPendingUpdate() = default;
-
-  Result<MockSnapshot> Apply() override {
-    if (should_fail_) {
-      return ValidationFailed("Mock validation failed");
-    }
-    apply_called_ = true;
-    return MockSnapshot{};
-  }
-
-  Status Commit() override {
-    if (should_fail_commit_) {
-      return CommitFailed("Mock commit failed");
-    }
-    commit_called_ = true;
-    return {};
-  }
-
-  void SetShouldFail(bool fail) { should_fail_ = fail; }
-  void SetShouldFailCommit(bool fail) { should_fail_commit_ = fail; }
-  bool ApplyCalled() const { return apply_called_; }
-  bool CommitCalled() const { return commit_called_; }
-
- private:
-  bool should_fail_ = false;
-  bool should_fail_commit_ = false;
-  bool apply_called_ = false;
-  bool commit_called_ = false;
-};
-
-TEST(PendingUpdateTest, ApplySuccess) {
-  MockPendingUpdate update;
-  auto result = update.Apply();
-  EXPECT_THAT(result, IsOk());
-}
-
-TEST(PendingUpdateTest, ApplyValidationFailed) {
-  MockPendingUpdate update;
-  update.SetShouldFail(true);
-  auto result = update.Apply();
-  EXPECT_THAT(result, IsError(ErrorKind::kValidationFailed));
-  EXPECT_THAT(result, HasErrorMessage("Mock validation failed"));
-}
-
-TEST(PendingUpdateTest, CommitSuccess) {
-  MockPendingUpdate update;
-  auto status = update.Commit();
-  EXPECT_THAT(status, IsOk());
-  EXPECT_TRUE(update.CommitCalled());
-}
-
-TEST(PendingUpdateTest, CommitFailed) {
-  MockPendingUpdate update;
-  update.SetShouldFailCommit(true);
-  auto status = update.Commit();
-  EXPECT_THAT(status, IsError(ErrorKind::kCommitFailed));
-  EXPECT_THAT(status, HasErrorMessage("Mock commit failed"));
-}
-
-TEST(PendingUpdateTest, BaseClassPolymorphism) {
-  std::unique_ptr<PendingUpdate> base_ptr = std::make_unique<MockPendingUpdate>();
-  auto status = base_ptr->Commit();
-  EXPECT_THAT(status, IsOk());
-}
-
-}  // namespace iceberg