diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-sanity-no-main-display.yml b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-sanity-no-main-display.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e59a72b29ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/ansible-test-sanity-no-main-display.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+minor_changes:
+  - ansible-test - Removed the ``no-main-display`` sanity test.
+                   The unwanted pattern is unlikely to occur, since the test has existed since Ansible 2.8.
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/code-smell/no-main-display.json b/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/code-smell/no-main-display.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ccee80a2f12..00000000000
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/code-smell/no-main-display.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "extensions": [
-        ".py"
-    ],
-    "prefixes": [
-        "lib/ansible/",
-        "plugins/"
-    ],
-    "output": "path-line-column-message"
-}
diff --git a/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/code-smell/no-main-display.py b/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/code-smell/no-main-display.py
deleted file mode 100644
index eb5987d9c3d..00000000000
--- a/test/lib/ansible_test/_util/controller/sanity/code-smell/no-main-display.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-"""Disallow importing display from __main__."""
-from __future__ import annotations
-
-import sys
-
-MAIN_DISPLAY_IMPORT = 'from __main__ import display'
-
-
-def main():
-    """Main entry point."""
-    for path in sys.argv[1:] or sys.stdin.read().splitlines():
-        with open(path, 'r', encoding='utf-8') as file:
-            for i, line in enumerate(file.readlines()):
-                if MAIN_DISPLAY_IMPORT in line:
-                    lineno = i + 1
-                    colno = line.index(MAIN_DISPLAY_IMPORT) + 1
-                    print('%s:%d:%d: Display is a singleton, just import and instantiate' % (path, lineno, colno))
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()