diff --git a/xarray/tests/test_backends.py b/xarray/tests/test_backends.py
index 6f9034249d0..e229f332aa9 100644
--- a/xarray/tests/test_backends.py
+++ b/xarray/tests/test_backends.py
@@ -7772,10 +7772,7 @@ def test_zarr_create_default_indexes(tmp_path, create_default_indexes) -> None:
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("default_zarr_format")
 def test_raises_key_error_on_invalid_zarr_store(tmp_path):
     root = zarr.open_group(tmp_path / "tmp.zarr")
-    if Version(zarr.__version__) < Version("3.0.0"):
-        root.create_dataset("bar", shape=(3, 5), dtype=np.float32)
-    else:
-        root.create_array("bar", shape=(3, 5), dtype=np.float32)
+    root.create_array("bar", shape=(3, 5), dtype=np.float32)
     with pytest.raises(KeyError, match=r"xarray to determine variable dimensions"):
         xr.open_zarr(tmp_path / "tmp.zarr", consolidated=False)