diff --git a/base/BUILD.gn b/base/BUILD.gn
index 6b314a14d261..554ea87f9e54 100644
--- a/base/BUILD.gn
+++ b/base/BUILD.gn
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ source_set("base") {
 source_set("base_unittests") {
   testonly = true
   sources = [
+    "//base/tools_sanity_unittest.cc",
     "build_time_unittest.cc",
     "feature_override_unittest.cc",
     "test/current_test_vendor_is_brave_unittest.cc",
     "test/launcher/teamcity_reporter_integration_unittest.cc",
     "test/launcher/teamcity_reporter_unittest.cc",
     "test/launcher/teamcity_service_messages_unittest.cc",
-    "tools_sanity_unittest.cc",
   ]
   deps = [
     "//base",
diff --git a/base/tools_sanity_unittest.cc b/base/tools_sanity_unittest.cc
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c83aa55027f..000000000000
--- a/base/tools_sanity_unittest.cc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (c) 2020 The Brave Authors. All rights reserved.
- * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
- * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this file,
- * You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
-
-#ifdef UNSAFE_BUFFERS_BUILD
-// TODO(https://github.com/brave/brave-browser/issues/41661): Remove this and
-// convert code to safer constructs.
-#pragma allow_unsafe_buffers
-#endif
-
-#include "testing/gtest/include/gtest/gtest.h"
-
-namespace base {
-
-TEST(ToolsSanityTest, DISABLED_AddressSanitizerLocalOOBCrashTest) {
-  // Intentionally crash to make sure AddressSanitizer is instrumenting
-  // the local variables.
-  int array[5];
-  int* volatile access = &array[5];
-  *access = 43;
-}
-
-}  // namespace base