diff --git a/features/cli.feature b/features/cli.feature
index a749632fd..ca3d3a60c 100644
--- a/features/cli.feature
+++ b/features/cli.feature
@@ -214,15 +214,15 @@ Feature: `wp cli` tasks
       """
     And the return code should be 1
 
-  Scenario: Update succeeds when sha512 matches even if md5 cannot be accessed
+  Scenario: Update only verifies the sha512 hash
     Given an empty directory
     And a new Phar with version "2.8.0"
     And that HTTP requests to https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli-nightly.phar.md5 will respond with:
       """
-      HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
+      HTTP/1.1 200 OK
       Content-Type: text/plain
 
-      Not Found
+      invalidmd5hash
       """
 
     When I run `{PHAR_PATH} cli update --nightly --yes`
@@ -230,9 +230,9 @@ Feature: `wp cli` tasks
       """
       sha512 hash verified:
       """
-    And STDOUT should contain:
+    And STDOUT should not contain:
       """
-      Couldn't access md5 hash for release (HTTP code 404).
+      md5
       """
     And STDOUT should contain:
       """
@@ -241,28 +241,6 @@ Feature: `wp cli` tasks
     And STDERR should be empty
     And the return code should be 0
 
-  Scenario: Fail update when md5 hash mismatches
-    Given an empty directory
-    And a new Phar with version "2.8.0"
-    And that HTTP requests to https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wp-cli/builds/gh-pages/phar/wp-cli-nightly.phar.md5 will respond with:
-      """
-      HTTP/1.1 200 OK
-      Content-Type: text/plain
-
-      invalidmd5hash
-      """
-
-    When I try `{PHAR_PATH} cli update --nightly --yes`
-    Then STDERR should contain:
-      """
-      Error: md5 hash for download
-      """
-    And STDERR should contain:
-      """
-      is different than the release hash (invalidmd5hash).
-      """
-    And the return code should be 1
-
   Scenario: Prevent stable update when PHP version requirement is not met
     Given an empty directory
     And a new Phar with version "2.8.0"