diff --git a/includes/registry.test b/includes/registry.test
index 8f2d1093267..6f75c4edf81 100644
--- a/includes/registry.test
+++ b/includes/registry.test
@@ -150,99 +150,3 @@ CONTENTS;
 
 }
 
-class RegistryParseFilesTestCase extends DrupalWebTestCase {
-
-  protected $fileTypes = array('new', 'existing_changed');
-
-  /**
-   * Implementation of getInfo().
-   */
-  function getInfo() {
-    return array(
-      'name' => t('Registry parse files test'),
-      'description' => t('Read two a simple files from disc, and check that their resources are saved to the database.'),
-      'group' => t('System')
-    );
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Implementation of setUp().
-   */
-  function setUp() {
-    parent::setUp();
-    // Create files with some php to parse - one 'new', one 'existing' so
-    // we test all the important code paths in _registry_parse_files.
-    foreach ($this->fileTypes as $fileType) {
-      $this->$fileType = new StdClass();
-      $this->$fileType->fileName = file_directory_path() . '/registry_test_' . md5(rand());
-      $this->$fileType->functionName = 'registry_test_function' . md5(rand());
-      $this->$fileType->className = 'registry_test_class' . md5(rand());
-      $this->$fileType->interfaceName = 'registry_test_interface' . md5(rand());
-      $this->$fileType->contents = $this->getFileContents($fileType);
-      file_save_data($this->$fileType->contents, $this->$fileType->fileName);
-
-      if ($fileType == 'existing_changed') {
-        // Insert a record with a dodgy md5.
-        $this->$fileType->fakeMD5 = md5($this->$fileType->contents . rand());
-        db_query("INSERT INTO {registry_file} (md5, filename) VALUES ('%s', '%s')", $this->$fileType->fakeMD5, './' . $this->$fileType->fileName);
-
-        // Insert some fake resource records.
-        foreach (array('function', 'class', 'interface') as $type) {
-          db_query("INSERT INTO {registry} (name, type, filename) VALUES ('%s', '%s', '%s')", $type . md5(rand()), $type, './' . $this->$fileType->fileName);
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * testRegistryParseFiles
-   */
-  function testRegistryParseFiles() {
-    _registry_parse_files($this->getFiles());
-    foreach ($this->fileTypes as $fileType) {
-      // Test that we have all the right resources.
-      foreach (array('functionName', 'className', 'interfaceName') as $resource) {
-        $foundName = db_result(db_query("SELECT name FROM {registry} WHERE name = '%s'", $this->$fileType->$resource));
-        $this->assertTrue($this->$fileType->$resource == $foundName, t('Resource "@resource" found.', array('@resource' => $this->$fileType->$resource)));
-      }
-      // Test that we have the right md5.
-      $md5 = db_result(db_query("SELECT md5 FROM {registry_file} WHERE filename = '%s'", './' . $this->$fileType->fileName));
-      $this->assertTrue(md5($this->$fileType->contents) == $md5, t('MD5 for "@filename" matched.'.$fileType.$md5, array('@filename' => $this->$fileType->fileName)));
-    }
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * getFiles
-   */
-  function getFiles() {
-    $files = array();
-    foreach ($this->fileTypes as $fileType) {
-      if ($fileType == 'existing_changed') {
-        $files['./' . $this->$fileType->fileName] = array('md5' => $this->$fileType->fakeMD5);
-      }
-      else {
-        $files['./' . $this->$fileType->fileName] = array();
-      }
-    }
-    return $files;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * getFileContents
-   */
-  function getFileContents($fileType) {
-    $file_contents = <<<CONTENTS
-<?php
-
-function {$this->$fileType->functionName}() {}
-
-class {$this->$fileType->className} {}
-
-interface {$this->$fileType->interfaceName} {}
-
-CONTENTS;
-    return $file_contents;
-  }
-
-}
-