diff --git a/core/modules/update/tests/src/Functional/UpdateContribTest.php b/core/modules/update/tests/src/Functional/UpdateContribTest.php
index 30898f0c2d9d6851cbb68d9ba56c058a5a65b909..4a55f9d44027909f8e49311405eb18ab6a384f07 100644
--- a/core/modules/update/tests/src/Functional/UpdateContribTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/update/tests/src/Functional/UpdateContribTest.php
@@ -63,7 +63,6 @@ public function testNoReleasesAvailable() {
     ];
     $this->config('update_test.settings')->set('system_info', $system_info)->save();
     $this->refreshUpdateStatus(['drupal' => '0.0', 'aaa_update_test' => 'no-releases']);
-    $this->drupalGet('admin/reports/updates');
     // Cannot use $this->standardTests() because we need to check for the
     // 'No available releases found' string.
     $this->assertSession()->responseContains('<h3>Drupal core</h3>');
@@ -277,9 +276,6 @@ public function testNormalUpdateAvailable() {
           'aaa_update_test' => str_replace('.', '_', $version) . $extra_version,
         ]);
         $this->standardTests();
-        $this->drupalGet('admin/reports/updates');
-        $this->clickLink('Check manually');
-        $this->checkForMetaRefresh();
         $assert_session->pageTextNotContains('Security update required!');
         // The XML test fixtures for this method all contain the '8.x-3.0'
         // release but because '8.x-3.0' is not in a supported branch it will
@@ -550,7 +546,6 @@ public function testHookUpdateStatusAlter() {
         'aaa_update_test' => '1_0',
       ]
     );
-    $this->drupalGet('admin/reports/updates');
     $this->assertSession()->responseContains('<h3>Modules</h3>');
     $this->assertSession()->pageTextContains('Security update required!');
     $this->assertSession()->linkExists('AAA Update test');
diff --git a/core/modules/update/tests/src/Functional/UpdateSemverTestBase.php b/core/modules/update/tests/src/Functional/UpdateSemverTestBase.php
index 348927bf8a0f6ca442721b35f928aac0dbb44538..03bdb3c7e7f36f192b79edd544a460d3ed524fb8 100644
--- a/core/modules/update/tests/src/Functional/UpdateSemverTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/update/tests/src/Functional/UpdateSemverTestBase.php
@@ -93,9 +93,6 @@ public function testNormalUpdateAvailable() {
         $full_version = "8.$minor_version.1$extra_version";
         $this->refreshUpdateStatus([$this->updateProject => "$minor_version.1" . $extra_version]);
         $this->standardTests();
-        $this->drupalGet('admin/reports/updates');
-        $this->clickLink('Check manually');
-        $this->checkForMetaRefresh();
         $this->assertUpdateTableTextNotContains('Security update required!');
         // The XML test fixtures for this method all contain the '8.2.0' release
         // but because '8.2.0' is not in a supported branch it will not be in
@@ -158,9 +155,6 @@ public function testMajorUpdateAvailable() {
           $this->setProjectInstalledVersion("8.$minor_version.$patch_version" . $extra_version);
           $this->refreshUpdateStatus([$this->updateProject => '9']);
           $this->standardTests();
-          $this->drupalGet('admin/reports/updates');
-          $this->clickLink('Check manually');
-          $this->checkForMetaRefresh();
           $this->assertUpdateTableTextNotContains('Security update required!');
           $this->assertUpdateTableElementContains(Link::fromTextAndUrl('9.0.0', Url::fromUri("http://example.com/{$this->updateProject}-9-0-0-release"))->toString());
           $this->assertUpdateTableElementContains(Link::fromTextAndUrl('Download', Url::fromUri("http://example.com/{$this->updateProject}-9-0-0.tar.gz"))->toString());