diff --git a/test/test_unicode_literals.py b/test/test_unicode_literals.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c1b7ec91..000000000
--- a/test/test_unicode_literals.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-from __future__ import unicode_literals
-
-# Allow direct execution
-import os
-import sys
-import unittest
-sys.path.insert(0, os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))))
-
-import io
-import re
-
-rootDir = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
-
-IGNORED_FILES = [
-    'setup.py',  # http://bugs.python.org/issue13943
-    'conf.py',
-    'buildserver.py',
-]
-
-IGNORED_DIRS = [
-    '.git',
-    '.tox',
-]
-
-from test.helper import assertRegexpMatches
-
-
-class TestUnicodeLiterals(unittest.TestCase):
-    def test_all_files(self):
-        for dirpath, dirnames, filenames in os.walk(rootDir):
-            for ignore_dir in IGNORED_DIRS:
-                if ignore_dir in dirnames:
-                    # If we remove the directory from dirnames os.walk won't
-                    # recurse into it
-                    dirnames.remove(ignore_dir)
-            for basename in filenames:
-                if not basename.endswith('.py'):
-                    continue
-                if basename in IGNORED_FILES:
-                    continue
-
-                fn = os.path.join(dirpath, basename)
-                with io.open(fn, encoding='utf-8') as inf:
-                    code = inf.read()
-
-                if "'" not in code and '"' not in code:
-                    continue
-                assertRegexpMatches(
-                    self,
-                    code,
-                    r'(?:(?:#.*?|\s*)\n)*from __future__ import (?:[a-z_]+,\s*)*unicode_literals',
-                    'unicode_literals import  missing in %s' % fn)
-
-                m = re.search(r'(?<=\s)u[\'"](?!\)|,|$)', code)
-                if m is not None:
-                    self.assertTrue(
-                        m is None,
-                        'u present in %s, around %s' % (
-                            fn, code[m.start() - 10:m.end() + 10]))
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    unittest.main()