diff --git a/tests/functional/retry/test_retry_threads.py b/tests/functional/retry/test_retry_threads.py
index b6366af1b4f..8e9fae8135f 100644
--- a/tests/functional/retry/test_retry_threads.py
+++ b/tests/functional/retry/test_retry_threads.py
@@ -54,4 +54,3 @@ def test_thread_target(self, project):
 
         assert {n.node.name: n.status for n in results.results} == expected_statuses
         assert results.args["threads"] == 1
-        write_file(models__thread_model, "models", "thread_model.sql")