diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/rest-api/rest-posts-controller.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/rest-api/rest-posts-controller.php
index 3aa91e4977..de9b0db8a6 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/rest-api/rest-posts-controller.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/rest-api/rest-posts-controller.php
@@ -569,27 +569,6 @@ class WP_Test_REST_Posts_Controller extends WP_Test_REST_Post_Type_Controller_Te
 		$this->assertErrorResponse( 'rest_no_search_term_defined', $response, 400 );
 	}
 
-	public function test_get_items_ignore_sticky_posts_by_default() {
-		$this->markTestSkipped( 'Broken, see https://github.com/WP-API/WP-API/issues/2210' );
-		$post_id1 = $this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_status' => 'publish', 'post_date' => '2015-01-01 12:00:00', 'post_date_gmt' => '2015-01-01 12:00:00' ) );
-		$post_id2 = $this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_status' => 'publish', 'post_date' => '2015-01-02 12:00:00', 'post_date_gmt' => '2015-01-02 12:00:00' ) );
-		$post_id3 = $this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_status' => 'publish', 'post_date' => '2015-01-03 12:00:00', 'post_date_gmt' => '2015-01-03 12:00:00' ) );
-		stick_post( $post_id2 );
-
-		// No stickies by default
-		$request = new WP_REST_Request( 'GET', '/wp/v2/posts' );
-		$response = $this->server->dispatch( $request );
-		$data = $response->get_data();
-		$this->assertEquals( array( self::$post_id, $post_id3, $post_id2, $post_id1 ), wp_list_pluck( $data, 'id' ) );
-
-		// Permit stickies
-		$request = new WP_REST_Request( 'GET', '/wp/v2/posts' );
-		$request->set_param( 'ignore_sticky_posts', false );
-		$response = $this->server->dispatch( $request );
-		$data = $response->get_data();
-		$this->assertEquals( array( $post_id2, self::$post_id, $post_id3, $post_id1 ), wp_list_pluck( $data, 'id' ) );
-	}
-
 	public function test_get_items_offset_query() {
 		$id1 = self::$post_id;
 		$id2 = $this->factory->post->create( array( 'post_status' => 'publish' ) );