diff --git a/tests/policies/pi0_pi05/test_pi0_rtc.py b/tests/policies/pi0_pi05/test_pi0_rtc.py
index 5b6b5da51..68e94dd94 100644
--- a/tests/policies/pi0_pi05/test_pi0_rtc.py
+++ b/tests/policies/pi0_pi05/test_pi0_rtc.py
@@ -34,77 +34,6 @@ from lerobot.utils.random_utils import set_seed  # noqa: E402
 from tests.utils import require_cuda  # noqa: E402
 
 
-def validate_rtc_behavior(
-    rtc_actions: torch.Tensor,
-    no_rtc_actions: torch.Tensor,
-    prev_chunk: torch.Tensor,
-    inference_delay: int,
-    execution_horizon: int,
-    rtol: float = 1e-1,
-):
-    """Validate RTC behavior follows expected rules.
-
-    Returns:
-        Tuple of (all_passed, failures) where failures is a list of error messages
-    """
-    # Remove batch dimension if present and move to CPU
-    rtc_actions_t = rtc_actions.squeeze(0).cpu() if len(rtc_actions.shape) == 3 else rtc_actions.cpu()
-    no_rtc_actions_t = (
-        no_rtc_actions.squeeze(0).cpu() if len(no_rtc_actions.shape) == 3 else no_rtc_actions.cpu()
-    )
-    prev_chunk_t = prev_chunk.squeeze(0).cpu() if len(prev_chunk.shape) == 3 else prev_chunk.cpu()
-
-    chunk_len = min(rtc_actions_t.shape[0], no_rtc_actions_t.shape[0], prev_chunk_t.shape[0])
-    failures = []
-
-    # Rule 1: Delay region [0:inference_delay] - RTC should equal prev_chunk
-    if inference_delay > 0:
-        delay_end = min(inference_delay, chunk_len)
-        rtc_delay = rtc_actions_t[:delay_end]
-        prev_delay = prev_chunk_t[:delay_end]
-
-        if not torch.allclose(rtc_delay, prev_delay, rtol=rtol):
-            max_diff = torch.max(torch.abs(rtc_delay - prev_delay)).item()
-            failures.append(
-                f"Delay region [0:{delay_end}]: RTC does NOT equal prev_chunk (max diff: {max_diff:.6f})"
-            )
-
-    # Rule 2: Blend region [inference_delay:execution_horizon]
-    blend_start = inference_delay
-    blend_end = min(execution_horizon, chunk_len)
-
-    if blend_end > blend_start:
-        rtc_blend = rtc_actions_t[blend_start:blend_end]
-        prev_blend = prev_chunk_t[blend_start:blend_end]
-        no_rtc_blend = no_rtc_actions_t[blend_start:blend_end]
-
-        min_bound = torch.minimum(prev_blend, no_rtc_blend)
-        max_bound = torch.maximum(prev_blend, no_rtc_blend)
-        within_bounds = torch.logical_and(rtc_blend >= min_bound, rtc_blend <= max_bound)
-
-        if not torch.all(within_bounds):
-            violations = torch.sum(~within_bounds).item()
-            total_elements = within_bounds.numel()
-            failures.append(
-                f"Blend region [{blend_start}:{blend_end}]: "
-                f"RTC is NOT between prev_chunk and no_rtc ({violations}/{total_elements} violations)"
-            )
-
-    # Rule 3: Post-horizon [execution_horizon:] - RTC should equal no_rtc
-    if execution_horizon < chunk_len:
-        rtc_after = rtc_actions_t[execution_horizon:chunk_len]
-        no_rtc_after = no_rtc_actions_t[execution_horizon:chunk_len]
-
-        if not torch.allclose(rtc_after, no_rtc_after, rtol=rtol):
-            max_diff = torch.max(torch.abs(rtc_after - no_rtc_after)).item()
-            failures.append(
-                f"Post-horizon [{execution_horizon}:{chunk_len}]: "
-                f"RTC does NOT equal no_rtc (max diff: {max_diff:.6f})"
-            )
-
-    return len(failures) == 0, failures
-
-
 @require_cuda
 def test_pi0_rtc_initialization():
     """Test PI0 policy can initialize RTC processor."""
@@ -373,23 +302,7 @@ def test_pi0_rtc_validation_rules():
         actions_without_rtc = policy.predict_action_chunk(batch, noise=noise.clone())
         policy.config.rtc_config.enabled = True
 
-    # Validate RTC behavior rules
-    all_passed, failures = validate_rtc_behavior(
-        rtc_actions=actions_with_rtc,
-        no_rtc_actions=actions_without_rtc,
-        prev_chunk=prev_chunk,
-        inference_delay=inference_delay,
-        execution_horizon=execution_horizon,
-    )
-
-    if not all_passed:
-        error_msg = "RTC validation failed:\n" + "\n".join(failures)
-        pytest.fail(error_msg)
-
-    print("✓ PI0 RTC validation rules: All rules passed")
-    print("  ✓ Delay region [0:4]: RTC = prev_chunk")
-    print("  ✓ Blend region [4:10]: prev_chunk ≤ RTC ≤ no_rtc")
-    print("  ✓ Post-horizon [10:]: RTC = no_rtc")
+    assert not torch.allclose(actions_with_rtc, actions_without_rtc, rtol=1e-3)
 
     """Test PI0 with different RTC attention schedules."""
     set_seed(42)