diff --git a/test/testdata/configs/gocritic.yml b/test/testdata/configs/gocritic.yml
index e7796e6c48ba..019e6afb83fa 100644
--- a/test/testdata/configs/gocritic.yml
+++ b/test/testdata/configs/gocritic.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-run:
-  go: 1.14
 linters-settings:
   gocritic:
     enabled-checks:
@@ -7,7 +5,6 @@ linters-settings:
       - flagDeref
       - wrapperFunc
       - ruleguard
-      - syncMapLoadAndDelete # ignored because sync#Map.LoadAndDelete added in Go 1.15
     settings:
       rangeValCopy:
         sizeThreshold: 2
diff --git a/test/testdata/gocritic.go b/test/testdata/gocritic.go
index 93574c1678b7..afca6f3c479c 100644
--- a/test/testdata/gocritic.go
+++ b/test/testdata/gocritic.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"log"
 	"strings"
-	"sync"
 )
 
 var _ = *flag.Bool("global1", false, "") // want `flagDeref: immediate deref in \*flag.Bool\(.global1., false, ..\) is most likely an error; consider using flag\.BoolVar`
@@ -47,13 +46,3 @@ func gocriticDup(x bool) {
 func gocriticRuleWrapperFunc() {
 	strings.Replace("abcabc", "a", "d", -1) // want "ruleguard: this Replace call can be simplified.*"
 }
-
-func gocriticSink(args ...any) {}
-
-func gocriticIgnoreSyncMapLoadAndDelete(cond bool, m, m2 *sync.Map) {
-	actual, ok := m.Load("key")
-	if ok {
-		m.Delete("key")
-		gocriticSink(actual)
-	}
-}