diff --git a/test/integration/functional_test.go b/test/integration/functional_test.go
index a661f69ae9..184104eb54 100644
--- a/test/integration/functional_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/functional_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 package integration
 
 import (
-	"runtime"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -46,10 +45,6 @@ func TestFunctional(t *testing.T) {
 	if !strings.Contains(*args, "--vm-driver=none") {
 		t.Run("EnvVars", testClusterEnv)
 		t.Run("SSH", testClusterSSH)
-		if runtime.GOOS != "windows" {
-			t.Run("Systemd", testVMSystemd)
-
-		}
 		// t.Run("Mounting", testMounting)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/test/integration/vm_systemd.go b/test/integration/vm_systemd.go
deleted file mode 100644
index af2c6c6913..0000000000
--- a/test/integration/vm_systemd.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-// +build integration
-
-/*
-Copyright 2016 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
-
-Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-You may obtain a copy of the License at
-
-    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-
-Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-limitations under the License.
-*/
-
-package integration
-
-import (
-	"runtime"
-	"strings"
-	"testing"
-
-	"k8s.io/minikube/test/integration/util"
-)
-
-func testVMSystemd(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Parallel()
-	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
-		t.Skip("skipping test in windows as it doesn't exit properly")
-	}
-
-	minikubeRunner := util.MinikubeRunner{
-		Args:       *args,
-		BinaryPath: *binaryPath,
-		T:          t}
-
-	expectedStr := "0 loaded units listed"
-	sshCmdOutput := minikubeRunner.RunCommand("ssh -- systemctl --state=failed --all", true)
-	if !strings.Contains(sshCmdOutput, expectedStr) {
-		t.Logf("Expected no systemd units to be failed got:\n %s", sshCmdOutput)
-	}
-}