diff --git a/eng/common/scripts/get-codeowners.ps1 b/eng/common/scripts/get-codeowners.ps1
index 87271a6230d8..4264d472a5c9 100644
--- a/eng/common/scripts/get-codeowners.ps1
+++ b/eng/common/scripts/get-codeowners.ps1
@@ -81,13 +81,18 @@ function TestGetCodeOwner([string]$targetDirectory, [string]$codeOwnerFileLocati
 }
 
 if($Test) {
-  $testFile = (Resolve-Path $PSScriptRoot/../../../tools/code-owners-parser/Azure.Sdk.Tools.RetrieveCodeOwners.Tests/TestData/simple_path_CODEOWNERS)
-  TestGetCodeOwner -targetDirectory "sdk" -codeOwnerFileLocation $testFile -includeNonUserAliases $true -expectReturn @("person1", "person2")
-  TestGetCodeOwner -targetDirectory "sdk/noPath" -codeOwnerFileLocation $testFile -includeNonUserAliases $true -expectReturn @("person1", "person2")
-  TestGetCodeOwner -targetDirectory "/sdk/azconfig" -codeOwnerFileLocation $testFile -includeNonUserAliases $true -expectReturn @("person3", "person4")
-  TestGetCodeOwner -targetDirectory "/sdk/azconfig/package" -codeOwnerFileLocation $testFile -includeNonUserAliases $true  $testFile -expectReturn @("person3", "person4")
-  TestGetCodeOwner -targetDirectory "/sd" -codeOwnerFileLocation $testFile -includeNonUserAliases $true  -expectReturn @()
-  TestGetCodeOwner -targetDirectory "/sdk/testUser/" -codeOwnerFileLocation $testFile -expectReturn @("azure-sdk") 
+  # These tests have been removed; now instead we should run tests from RetrieveCodeOwnersProgramTests, and in a way as explained in:
+  # https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-tools/issues/5434
+  # https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-tools/pull/5103#discussion_r1068680818
+  Write-Host "These tests have been removed. Please see https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-tools/issues/5434 for more."
+  #
+  # $testFile = (Resolve-Path $PSScriptRoot/../../../tools/code-owners-parser/Azure.Sdk.Tools.RetrieveCodeOwners.Tests/TestData/simple_path_CODEOWNERS)
+  # TestGetCodeOwner -targetDirectory "sdk" -codeOwnerFileLocation $testFile -includeNonUserAliases $true -expectReturn @("person1", "person2")
+  # TestGetCodeOwner -targetDirectory "sdk/noPath" -codeOwnerFileLocation $testFile -includeNonUserAliases $true -expectReturn @("person1", "person2")
+  # TestGetCodeOwner -targetDirectory "/sdk/azconfig" -codeOwnerFileLocation $testFile -includeNonUserAliases $true -expectReturn @("person3", "person4")
+  # TestGetCodeOwner -targetDirectory "/sdk/azconfig/package" -codeOwnerFileLocation $testFile -includeNonUserAliases $true  $testFile -expectReturn @("person3", "person4")
+  # TestGetCodeOwner -targetDirectory "/sd" -codeOwnerFileLocation $testFile -includeNonUserAliases $true  -expectReturn @()
+  # TestGetCodeOwner -targetDirectory "/sdk/testUser/" -codeOwnerFileLocation $testFile -expectReturn @("azure-sdk") 
   exit 0
 }
 else {