diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_sock.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_sock.c
index 3c8f6646e33d..e85f0f1deac7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_sock.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/verifier_sock.c
@@ -50,13 +50,6 @@ struct {
 	__uint(map_flags, BPF_F_NO_PREALLOC);
 } sk_storage_map SEC(".maps");
 
-struct {
-	__uint(type, BPF_MAP_TYPE_PROG_ARRAY);
-	__uint(max_entries, 1);
-	__uint(key_size, sizeof(__u32));
-	__uint(value_size, sizeof(__u32));
-} jmp_table SEC(".maps");
-
 SEC("cgroup/skb")
 __description("skb->sk: no NULL check")
 __failure __msg("invalid mem access 'sock_common_or_null'")
@@ -1012,25 +1005,4 @@ int invalidate_pkt_pointers_from_global_func(struct __sk_buff *sk)
 	return TCX_PASS;
 }
 
-__noinline
-int tail_call(struct __sk_buff *sk)
-{
-	bpf_tail_call_static(sk, &jmp_table, 0);
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/* Tail calls invalidate packet pointers. */
-SEC("tc")
-__failure __msg("invalid mem access")
-int invalidate_pkt_pointers_by_tail_call(struct __sk_buff *sk)
-{
-	int *p = (void *)(long)sk->data;
-
-	if ((void *)(p + 1) > (void *)(long)sk->data_end)
-		return TCX_DROP;
-	tail_call(sk);
-	*p = 42; /* this is unsafe */
-	return TCX_PASS;
-}
-
 char _license[] SEC("license") = "GPL";