diff --git a/packages/middleware-flexible-checksums/src/middleware-flexible-checksums.retry.integ.spec.ts b/packages/middleware-flexible-checksums/src/middleware-flexible-checksums.retry.integ.spec.ts
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--- a/packages/middleware-flexible-checksums/src/middleware-flexible-checksums.retry.integ.spec.ts
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-import { S3 } from "@aws-sdk/client-s3";
-import { NodeHttpHandler } from "@smithy/node-http-handler";
-import { HttpResponse } from "@smithy/protocol-http";
-import { describe, expect, test as it } from "vitest";
-
-describe("middleware-flexible-checksums.retry", () => {
-  it("retry reuses the checksum", async () => {
-    const maxAttempts = 3;
-    class CustomHandler extends NodeHttpHandler {
-      async handle() {
-        return {
-          response: new HttpResponse({
-            statusCode: 500, // Fake Trasient Error
-            headers: {},
-          }),
-        };
-      }
-    }
-    const requestHandler = new CustomHandler();
-    const client = new S3({ maxAttempts, requestHandler });
-
-    let flexChecksCalls = 0;
-    client.middlewareStack.addRelativeTo(
-      (next: any) => async (args: any) => {
-        flexChecksCalls++;
-        return next(args);
-      },
-      {
-        toMiddleware: "flexibleChecksumsMiddleware",
-        relation: "after",
-      }
-    );
-
-    let retryMiddlewareCalls = 0;
-    client.middlewareStack.addRelativeTo(
-      (next: any) => async (args: any) => {
-        retryMiddlewareCalls++;
-        return next(args);
-      },
-      {
-        toMiddleware: "retryMiddleware",
-        relation: "after",
-      }
-    );
-
-    await client
-      .putObject({
-        Bucket: "b",
-        Key: "k",
-        Body: "hello",
-      })
-      .catch(() => {
-        // Expected, since we're faking transient error which is retried.
-      });
-
-    // Validate that flexibleChecksumsMiddleware is called once.
-    expect(flexChecksCalls).toEqual(1);
-    // Validate that retryMiddleware is called maxAttempts times.
-    expect(retryMiddlewareCalls).toEqual(maxAttempts);
-  });
-});