diff --git a/build.nims b/build.nims
index 6034f185d..3d1a3cac4 100644
--- a/build.nims
+++ b/build.nims
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ task testIntegration, "Run integration tests":
   buildBinary "codex", params = "-d:chronicles_runtime_filtering -d:chronicles_log_level=TRACE -d:codex_enable_proof_failures=true"
   test "testIntegration"
 
-task testRestApi, "Run rest api tests":
-  buildBinary "codex", params = "-d:chronicles_runtime_filtering -d:chronicles_log_level=TRACE -d:codex_enable_proof_failures=true"
-  test "testRestApi"
-
 task build, "build codex binary":
   codexTask()