diff --git a/pkg/manager/manager_test.go b/pkg/manager/manager_test.go
index 8a1b069..ed9cdcb 100644
--- a/pkg/manager/manager_test.go
+++ b/pkg/manager/manager_test.go
@@ -134,85 +134,6 @@ func TestConcurrentAccess(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestCreateInstance_RejectsPathTraversal tests that instance names with path traversal attempts are rejected
-func TestCreateInstance_RejectsPathTraversal(t *testing.T) {
-	tempDir := t.TempDir()
-	cfg := createPersistenceConfig(tempDir)
-	backendConfig := createBackendConfig()
-	mgr := manager.New(backendConfig, cfg, map[string]config.NodeConfig{}, "main")
-
-	options := &instance.Options{
-		BackendOptions: backends.Options{
-			BackendType: backends.BackendTypeLlamaCpp,
-			LlamaServerOptions: &backends.LlamaServerOptions{
-				Model: "/path/to/model.gguf",
-				Port:  8080,
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	// Test cases for malicious instance names
-	maliciousNames := []string{
-		"../../etc/passwd",      // Classic path traversal
-		"../../../etc/shadow",   // Multiple parent directory references
-		"/etc/passwd",           // Absolute path
-		"foo/../bar",            // Parent reference in middle
-		".../.../",              // Variation with multiple dots
-		".hidden",               // Hidden file
-		"foo/bar",               // Forward slash
-		"foo\\bar",              // Backslash (Windows-style)
-		"test..instance",        // Double dots not at path boundary (should fail)
-		"normal-name/../escape", // Normal-looking name with traversal
-	}
-
-	for _, name := range maliciousNames {
-		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			_, err := mgr.CreateInstance(name, options)
-			if err == nil {
-				t.Errorf("Expected error when creating instance with malicious name %q, but got none", name)
-			}
-		})
-	}
-}
-
-// TestCreateInstance_AcceptsValidNames tests that valid instance names are accepted
-func TestCreateInstance_AcceptsValidNames(t *testing.T) {
-	tempDir := t.TempDir()
-	cfg := createPersistenceConfig(tempDir)
-	backendConfig := createBackendConfig()
-	mgr := manager.New(backendConfig, cfg, map[string]config.NodeConfig{}, "main")
-	defer mgr.Shutdown()
-
-	options := &instance.Options{
-		BackendOptions: backends.Options{
-			BackendType: backends.BackendTypeLlamaCpp,
-			LlamaServerOptions: &backends.LlamaServerOptions{
-				Model: "/path/to/model.gguf",
-			},
-		},
-	}
-
-	// Valid instance names
-	validNames := []string{
-		"test-instance",
-		"my_instance",
-		"instance123",
-		"test-name-with-dashes",
-		"name_with_underscores",
-	}
-
-	for _, name := range validNames {
-		t.Run(name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			_, err := mgr.CreateInstance(name, options)
-			if err != nil {
-				t.Errorf("Expected instance with valid name %q to be created, but got error: %v", name, err)
-			}
-			// Clean up
-			mgr.DeleteInstance(name)
-		})
-	}
-}
-
 // Helper functions for test configuration
 func createBackendConfig() config.BackendConfig {
 	// Use 'sleep' as a test command instead of 'llama-server'