diff --git a/course/format/tests/external/delete_section_test.php b/course/format/tests/external/delete_section_test.php
index 3b0267882e1..68eb7a18fd5 100644
--- a/course/format/tests/external/delete_section_test.php
+++ b/course/format/tests/external/delete_section_test.php
@@ -37,14 +37,6 @@ require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/webservice/tests/helpers.php');
  */
 final class delete_section_test extends \externallib_advanced_testcase {
 
-    /**
-     * Setup to ensure that fixtures are loaded.
-     */
-    public static function setupBeforeClass(): void { // phpcs:ignore
-        global $CFG;
-        require_once($CFG->dirroot . '/course/format/tests/fixtures/format_theunittestdelete.php');
-    }
-
     /**
      * Test the webservice can execute the section_delete action.
      *
@@ -52,16 +44,15 @@ final class delete_section_test extends \externallib_advanced_testcase {
      * @dataProvider section_delete_provider
      * @param int $sectionum
      * @param string $format
-     * @param array $formatoptions
      * @param int $expectedsectionum
      *
      * @throws \moodle_exception
      */
-    public function test_delete_section(int $sectionum, string $format, array $formatoptions, int $expectedsectionum): void {
+    public function test_delete_section(int $sectionum, string $format, int $expectedsectionum): void {
         $this->resetAfterTest();
 
         $course =
-            $this->getDataGenerator()->create_course(['numsections' => $sectionum, 'format' => $format, ...$formatoptions]);
+            $this->getDataGenerator()->create_course(['numsections' => $sectionum, 'format' => $format]);
         $teacher = $this->getDataGenerator()->create_and_enrol($course, 'editingteacher');
         // Execute the method.
         $courseformat = course_get_format($course->id);
@@ -94,21 +85,18 @@ final class delete_section_test extends \externallib_advanced_testcase {
             'format topic' => [
                 'sectionum' => 4,
                 'format' => 'topics',
-                'formatoptions' => [],
                 'expectedsectionum' => 1,
             ],
-            'format theunittestdelete' => [
+            'format weeks' => [
                 'sectionum' => 4,
-                'format' => 'theunittestdelete',
-                'formatoptions' => [],
+                'format' => 'weeks',
+                'expectedsectionum' => 1,
+            ],
+            'format social' => [
+                'sectionum' => 4,
+                'format' => 'social',
                 'expectedsectionum' => 5,
             ],
-            'format theunittestdelete can delete' => [
-                'sectionum' => 4,
-                'format' => 'theunittestdelete',
-                'formatoptions' => ['can_delete_sections' => true],
-                'expectedsectionum' => 1,
-            ],
         ];
     }
 }
diff --git a/course/format/tests/fixtures/format_theunittestdelete.php b/course/format/tests/fixtures/format_theunittestdelete.php
deleted file mode 100644
index edfae4a4082..00000000000
--- a/course/format/tests/fixtures/format_theunittestdelete.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-// This file is part of Moodle - http://moodle.org/
-//
-// Moodle is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
-// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
-// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
-// (at your option) any later version.
-//
-// Moodle is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
-// GNU General Public License for more details.
-//
-// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-// along with Moodle.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-
-defined('MOODLE_INTERNAL') || die();
-require_once(__DIR__ . '/format_theunittest.php');
-
-/**
- * Fixture for fake course format testing course format API.
- *
- * @package    core_courseformat
- * @copyright  2025 Laurent David <laurent.david@moodle.com>
- * @license    http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU GPL v3 or later
- */
-class format_theunittestdelete extends format_theunittest {
-
-    /**
-     * Definitions of the additional options that format uses
-     *
-     * @param bool $foreditform
-     * @return array of options
-     */
-    public function course_format_options($foreditform = false) {
-        static $courseformatoptions = false;
-        if ($courseformatoptions === false) {
-            $courseformatoptions = parent::course_format_options(true);
-            $courseformatoptionsadditional = [
-                'can_delete_sections' => [
-                    'default' => false,
-                    'type' => PARAM_BOOL,
-                ],
-            ];
-            $courseformatoptions = array_merge_recursive($courseformatoptions, $courseformatoptionsadditional);
-        }
-        return $courseformatoptions;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Whether this format allows to delete sections
-     *
-     * Here for test purpose we just can delete one section every two sections
-     *
-     * Do not call this function directly, instead use course_can_delete_section()
-     *
-     * @param int|stdClass|section_info $section
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    public function can_delete_section($section) {
-        return $this->get_format_options()['can_delete_sections'] ?? false;
-    }
-}