diff --git a/src/a2a/compat/v0_3/rest_adapter.py b/src/a2a/compat/v0_3/rest_adapter.py
index 38687054f..9c3e0f215 100644
--- a/src/a2a/compat/v0_3/rest_adapter.py
+++ b/src/a2a/compat/v0_3/rest_adapter.py
@@ -142,9 +142,10 @@ def routes(self) -> dict[tuple[str, str], Callable[[Request], Any]]:
             ): functools.partial(
                 self._handle_request, self.handler.list_push_notifications
             ),
-            ('/v1/tasks', 'GET'): functools.partial(
-                self._handle_request, self.handler.list_tasks
-            ),
+            # ListTasks is intentionally absent: not in the A2A v0.3 spec (see
+            # issue #1043). Sibling v0.3 transports (jsonrpc_transport,
+            # grpc_transport, rest_transport) also reject list_tasks with
+            # NotImplementedError — do not add a route here.
             ('/v1/card', 'GET'): functools.partial(
                 self._handle_request, self.handler.on_get_extended_agent_card
             ),
diff --git a/src/a2a/compat/v0_3/rest_handler.py b/src/a2a/compat/v0_3/rest_handler.py
index bd5fcd2e6..107e065b7 100644
--- a/src/a2a/compat/v0_3/rest_handler.py
+++ b/src/a2a/compat/v0_3/rest_handler.py
@@ -290,15 +290,6 @@ async def list_push_notifications(
 
         return MessageToDict(pb2_v03_resp)
 
-    @validate_version(constants.PROTOCOL_VERSION_0_3)
-    async def list_tasks(
-        self,
-        request: Request,
-        context: ServerCallContext,
-    ) -> dict[str, Any]:
-        """Handles the 'tasks/list' REST method."""
-        raise NotImplementedError('list tasks not implemented')
-
     @validate_version(constants.PROTOCOL_VERSION_0_3)
     async def on_get_extended_agent_card(
         self,
diff --git a/tests/compat/v0_3/test_rest_handler.py b/tests/compat/v0_3/test_rest_handler.py
index 6ff44abb1..323390fed 100644
--- a/tests/compat/v0_3/test_rest_handler.py
+++ b/tests/compat/v0_3/test_rest_handler.py
@@ -357,12 +357,6 @@ async def test_list_push_notifications(
     assert called_req.params.id == 'task-1'
 
 
-@pytest.mark.anyio
-async def test_list_tasks(rest_handler, mock_request, mock_context):
-    with pytest.raises(NotImplementedError):
-        await rest_handler.list_tasks(mock_request, mock_context)
-
-
 # Add our new translation method test
 @pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_on_get_extended_agent_card_success(
diff --git a/tests/compat/v0_3/test_rest_routes_compat.py b/tests/compat/v0_3/test_rest_routes_compat.py
index 2b6409432..df200a27e 100644
--- a/tests/compat/v0_3/test_rest_routes_compat.py
+++ b/tests/compat/v0_3/test_rest_routes_compat.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import pytest
 
 from a2a.compat.v0_3 import a2a_v0_3_pb2
+from a2a.compat.v0_3.rest_adapter import REST03Adapter
 from a2a.server.request_handlers.request_handler import RequestHandler
 from a2a.server.routes import create_agent_card_routes
 from a2a.server.routes.rest_routes import create_rest_routes
@@ -166,6 +167,14 @@ async def test_get_task_v03(
     assert expected_response == actual_response
 
 
+@pytest.mark.anyio
+async def test_list_tasks_not_in_v03_adapter_routes(
+    request_handler: RequestHandler,
+) -> None:
+    adapter = REST03Adapter(http_handler=request_handler)
+    assert ('/v1/tasks', 'GET') not in adapter.routes()
+
+
 @pytest.mark.anyio
 async def test_cancel_task_v03(
     client: AsyncClient, request_handler: MagicMock