diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
index c7cd388b27e..13baeaed6a0 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ssl.py
@@ -54,27 +54,6 @@ class BasicTests(unittest.TestCase):
             else:
                 raise
 
-    def test_connect(self):
-        if not test_support.is_resource_enabled('network'):
-            return
-        s = ssl.wrap_socket(socket.socket(socket.AF_INET),
-                            cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_NONE)
-        s.connect(("svn.python.org", 443))
-        c = s.getpeercert()
-        if c:
-            self.fail("Peer cert %s shouldn't be here!")
-        s.close()
-
-        # this should fail because we have no verification certs
-        s = ssl.wrap_socket(socket.socket(socket.AF_INET),
-                            cert_reqs=ssl.CERT_REQUIRED)
-        try:
-            s.connect(("svn.python.org", 443))
-        except ssl.SSLError:
-            pass
-        finally:
-            s.close()
-
     def test_constants(self):
         ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv2
         ssl.PROTOCOL_SSLv23