diff --git a/zerver/lib/test_helpers.py b/zerver/lib/test_helpers.py
index f2243183d1..f7b571aa55 100644
--- a/zerver/lib/test_helpers.py
+++ b/zerver/lib/test_helpers.py
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ def write_instrumentation_reports(full_suite: bool, include_webhooks: bool) -> N
             "docs/",
             "docs/(?P<path>.+)",
             "casper/(?P<path>.+)",
-            "static/(?P<path>.+)",
+            "static/(?P<path>.*)",
             "flush_caches",
             "external_content/(?P<digest>[^/]+)/(?P<received_url>[^/]+)",
             # Such endpoints are only used in certain test cases that can be skipped
diff --git a/zerver/tests/test_urls.py b/zerver/tests/test_urls.py
index b7f89ae72e..08bb51ac8f 100644
--- a/zerver/tests/test_urls.py
+++ b/zerver/tests/test_urls.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-import importlib
 import os
 from unittest import mock
 
-import django.urls.resolvers
 from django.test import Client
 
 from zerver.lib.test_classes import ZulipTestCase
@@ -13,7 +11,6 @@ from zerver.lib.url_redirects import (
     POLICY_DOCUMENTATION_REDIRECTS,
 )
 from zerver.models import Stream
-from zproject import urls
 
 
 class PublicURLTest(ZulipTestCase):
@@ -158,21 +155,6 @@ class PublicURLTest(ZulipTestCase):
                     )
 
 
-class URLResolutionTest(ZulipTestCase):
-    def check_function_exists(self, module_name: str, view: str) -> None:
-        module = importlib.import_module(module_name)
-        self.assertTrue(hasattr(module, view), f"View {module_name}.{view} does not exist")
-
-    # Tests function-based views declared in urls.urlpatterns for
-    # whether the function exists.  We at present do not test the
-    # class-based views.
-    def test_non_api_url_resolution(self) -> None:
-        for pattern in urls.urlpatterns:
-            if isinstance(pattern, django.urls.resolvers.URLPattern):
-                (module_name, base_view) = pattern.lookup_str.rsplit(".", 1)
-                self.check_function_exists(module_name, base_view)
-
-
 class ErrorPageTest(ZulipTestCase):
     def test_bogus_http_host(self) -> None:
         # This tests that we've successfully worked around a certain bug in