diff --git a/tests/e2e/auth.setup.ts b/tests/e2e/auth.setup.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 11cfd468f2d..00000000000
--- a/tests/e2e/auth.setup.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * External dependencies
- */
-import { test as setup, expect } from '@woocommerce/e2e-playwright-utils';
-import { adminFile, customerFile, guestFile } from '@woocommerce/e2e-utils';
-
-/**
- * Internal dependencies
- */
-import { customer, admin } from './test-data/data/data';
-
-setup.describe( 'Authentication setup', () => {
-	// Check if logged in, then log out of the account before each test.
-	setup.beforeEach( async ( { page } ) => {
-		await page.goto( '/my-account' );
-		const logoutLinkVisible = await page
-			.getByRole( 'paragraph' )
-			.filter( { hasText: /Hello .* \(not .*? Log out\)/ } )
-			.isVisible();
-
-		if ( logoutLinkVisible ) {
-			await page
-				.getByRole( 'paragraph' )
-				.filter( { hasText: /Hello .* \(not .*? Log out\)/ } )
-				.getByRole( 'link', { name: 'Log out' } )
-				.click();
-		}
-		await page.goto( '/my-account' );
-	} );
-
-	setup( 'authenticate as admin', async ( { page } ) => {
-		await page
-			.getByLabel( 'Username or email address' )
-			.fill( admin.username );
-		await page.getByLabel( 'Password' ).fill( admin.password );
-		await page.getByRole( 'button', { name: 'Log in' } ).click();
-		// Sometimes login flow sets cookies in the process of several redirects.
-		// Wait for the final URL to ensure that the cookies are actually set.
-		await page.waitForURL( '/my-account/' );
-
-		await expect(
-			page
-				.getByRole( 'list' )
-				.filter( {
-					hasText:
-						'Dashboard Orders Downloads Addresses Account details Log out',
-				} )
-				.getByRole( 'link', { name: 'Log out' } )
-		).toBeVisible();
-
-		await page.context().storageState( { path: adminFile } );
-	} );
-
-	setup( 'authenticate as customer', async ( { page } ) => {
-		await page
-			.getByLabel( 'Username or email address' )
-			.fill( customer.username );
-		await page.getByLabel( 'Password' ).fill( customer.password );
-		await page.getByRole( 'button', { name: 'Log in' } ).click();
-		// Sometimes login flow sets cookies in the process of several redirects.
-		// Wait for the final URL to ensure that the cookies are actually set.
-		await page.waitForURL( '/my-account/' );
-
-		await expect(
-			page
-				.getByRole( 'list' )
-				.filter( {
-					hasText:
-						'Dashboard Orders Downloads Addresses Account details Log out',
-				} )
-				.getByRole( 'link', { name: 'Log out' } )
-		).toBeVisible();
-
-		await page.context().storageState( { path: customerFile } );
-	} );
-
-	setup( 'authenticate as guest', async ( { page } ) => {
-		await expect(
-			page.getByLabel( 'Username or email address' )
-		).toBeVisible();
-
-		// End of authentication steps.
-
-		await page.context().storageState( { path: guestFile } );
-	} );
-} );
diff --git a/tests/e2e/playwright.config.ts b/tests/e2e/playwright.config.ts
index 5b3a86ad4af..efcf3eebc0c 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/playwright.config.ts
@@ -50,18 +50,12 @@ const config: ExtendedPlaywrightTestConfig = {
 			name: 'blockThemeConfiguration',
 			testDir: '.',
 			testMatch: /block-theme.setup.ts/,
-			dependencies: [ 'authSetup' ],
 		},
 		{
 			name: 'blockTheme',
 			testMatch: /.*.block_theme.spec.ts/,
 			dependencies: [ 'blockThemeConfiguration' ],
 		},
-		{
-			name: 'authSetup',
-			testDir: '.',
-			testMatch: /auth.setup.ts/,
-		},
 	],
 };
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/playwright.side-effects.config.ts b/tests/e2e/playwright.side-effects.config.ts
index 403d256983f..04549945513 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/playwright.side-effects.config.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/playwright.side-effects.config.ts
@@ -22,17 +22,11 @@ export default defineConfig( {
 			name: 'blockThemeConfiguration',
 			testDir: '.',
 			testMatch: /block-theme.setup.ts/,
-			dependencies: [ 'authSetup' ],
 		},
 		{
 			name: 'blockThemeWithGlobalSideEffects',
 			testMatch: /.*.block_theme.side_effects.spec.ts/,
 			dependencies: [ 'blockThemeConfiguration' ],
 		},
-		{
-			name: 'authSetup',
-			testDir: '.',
-			testMatch: /auth.setup.ts/,
-		},
 	],
 } );